Anti-cd96 antibodies and methods of use thereof

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides binding proteins, such as antibodies and antigen-binding fragments, which specifically bind to human CD96 receptor protein (hu-CD96) and are capable of decreasing, inhibiting, and/or fully-blocking immune regulatory effects mediated by hu-CD96. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the antibodies (and compositions thereof) to treat diseases and conditions responsive to decreasing, inhibiting and/or blocking immune regulatory function or activity mediated by CD96 binding to CD155, including effects arising from CD96 interactions with CD226 and/or TIGIT.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a divisional under 35 U.S.C. § 121 of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 16/719,108, filed Dec. 18, 2019, which claims thebenefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationSer. No. 62/783,118, filed on Dec. 20, 2018, the entireties of which areincorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates generally to binding proteins, such asantibodies and antigen-binding fragments, which bind to the CD96receptor protein and methods of using such binding proteins.

REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING

The official copy of the Sequence Listing is submitted concurrently withthe specification via USPTO Patent Center as an WIPO Standard ST.26formatted XML file with file name “09402-003WO1_SeqList_ST26.xml”, acreation date of Nov. 18, 2022, and a size of 663,685 bytes. ThisSequence Listing filed via USPTO Patent Center is part of thespecification and is incorporated in its entirety by reference herein.This ST.26 formatted version of the Sequence Listing replaces the ST.25formatted version of the Sequence Listing with a file name of“09402-003WO1_SeqList_ST25.txt”, a creation date of Dec. 16, 2019, and asize of 398,046 bytes, that was filed concurrently with parentapplication on Dec. 18, 2019, and adds no new matter to that originalsequence listing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

CD96 (also known as “TACTILE”) is a receptor expressed on the surface ofT cells and natural killer (NK) cells. (See e.g., Blake S J, et al.,(2016) “Molecular Pathways: Targeting CD96 and TIGIT for CancerImmunotherapy,” Clin Cancer Res 22(21): 5183-8.) CD96 is a member of theIg superfamily and is further categorized as a member of the nectin/NECLfamily. CD96 has been found to be expressed in humans on the surface ofT cells (αβ and γδ), NK cells, a subpopulation of B cells, and in miceon T cells, NK cells and NKT cells. CD96 is known to function in concertwith CD155, CD226 (also known as “DNAM”), and TIGIT, and is believed toplay an important role in inhibiting immune function. The main ligandfor CD96 is CD155 to which it binds with a stronger affinity than CD226binding to CD155, but weaker than TIGIT binding to CD155. Human CD96exists as two splice variants that exhibit different binding affinitiesto CD155. (See e.g., Meyer D, et al., (2009) “CD96 interaction withCD155 via its first Ig-like domain is modulated by alternative splicingor mutations in distal Ig-like domains,” J Biol Chem 284: 2235-44.) Ithas been observed that Cd96−/− mice exhibit a hypersensitive NK-cellresponse to stimulation by LPS, ID 2, or ID 8, as well as strongresistance to experimental lung metastases and MCA-inducedfibrosarcomas. (See e.g., Chan C J, et al., (2014) “The receptors CD96and CD226 oppose each other in regulation of natural killer cellfunctions,” Nat Immunol 15:431-8.) Anti-CD96 mAbs have been shown toreduce the B16F10 and E0771 lung metastases in mouse models. (See e.g.,Blake S J, et al., (2016) “Suppression of metastases using a newlymphocyte checkpoint target for cancer immunotherapy,” Cancer Discover6; 446-59.)

WO02015/024042A1 (published Feb. 26, 2015) suggests a method of reducingor relieving immune inhibition in a mammal that includes the step of atleast partly inhibiting or reducing CD96 activity in one or more cellsof the mammal. The suggested method includes a step of administering tothe mammal a CD96 inhibitory agent, such as an anti-CD96 antibody, butno anti-CD96 antibodies are described in the disclosure.

WO2015/024060A1 (published Feb. 26, 2015) also suggests a method ofreducing or relieving immune inhibition in a mammal that includes thestep of at least partly inhibiting or reducing CD96 activity in one ormore cells of the mammal. The disclosure suggests that a commerciallyavailable anti-human CD96 antibody “NK92.39” can be effective inincreasing IFNγ production in human NK cells, but does not disclose anyspecific anti-CD96 antibodies that are capable of reducing CD96 activityor tumor growth.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind humanCD96 with high affinity. The antibodies are capable of decreasing,inhibiting, and/or fully-blocking immune regulatory effects mediated byCD96. Additionally, the antibodies are capable of decreasing,inhibiting, and/or fully-blocking immune regulatory function or activitymediated by CD96 binding to CD155. The present disclosure also providescompositions for and methods of treating diseases and conditionsresponsive to decreasing, inhibiting and/or blocking immune regulatoryfunction or activity mediated by CD96, CD155, CD226, and/or TIGIT.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising (i) a first light chain hypervariable region(HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2), and athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3), and/or (ii) a firstheavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chain hypervariableregion (HVR-H3), wherein:

-   -   (a) HVR-L1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        KASQNVGTAIV (SEQ ID NO: 13), KSSQSLLDSDGKTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 17),        RVSQDISFWLS (SEQ ID NO: 21), RASSNVKYMY (SEQ ID NO: 25),        KASQSVTFADTGLMH (SEQ ID NO: 29), RSSTGAVTTSNYAN (SEQ ID NO: 33),        RASQDIYRNLH (SEQ ID NO: 37), or RASQXIXXNXH (SEQ ID NO: 308),        wherein X at position 5 is D, A, E, G, H, K, N, P, Q, S, or T; X        at position 7 is Y, or F; X at position 8 is R, K, or Q; X at        position 10 is L, I, M, or V;

(b) HVR-L2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SASTRYT (SEQID NO: 14), LVSKLDS (SEQ ID NO: 18), KASNLHT (SEQ ID NO: 22), YTSNLAS(SEQ ID NO: 26), RASNLEV (SEQ ID NO: 30), GTNNRAP (SEQ ID NO: 34),HASDSIS (SEQ ID NO: 38), or HAXXXXS (SEQ ID NO: 325), wherein X atposition 3 is S, or E; X at position 4 is D, E, K, or Q; X at position 5is S, H, L, R, or V; X at position 6 is I, or V;

-   -   (c) HVR-L3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        QQYSSSPLT (SEQ ID NO: 15), LQATHSPQT (SEQ ID NO: 19), LQSQSYPYT        (SEQ ID NO: 23), QQFTSSPLT (SEQ ID NO: 27), QQSREYPWT (SEQ ID        NO: 31), SLWYGSHWV (SEQ ID NO: 35), LQGYSMPYT (SEQ ID NO: 39),        or XQGYXMPXT (SEQ ID NO: 335), wherein X at position 1 is L, G,        M, or Q; X at position 5 is S, A, E, Q, or V; X at position 8 is        Y, or F;    -   (d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from TNNWMH        (SEQ ID NO: 41), TGYGVT (SEQ ID NO: 45), TDYYIN (SEQ ID NO: 49),        NDYYIN(SEQ ID NO: 53), SDYYMY (SEQ ID NO: 57), TNYGIH (SEQ ID        NO: 61), TTYGMS (SEQ ID NO: 65), XNXXXH (SEQ ID NO: 72), wherein        X at position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, N, Q, R, S, V, W, or Y;        X at position 3 is N, A, F, G, H, M, R, S, V, or Y; X at        position 4 is W, or F; X at position 5 is M, A, D, E, F, G, L,        N, Q, R, S, T, V, or W, or XXXGXS (SEQ ID NO: 344), wherein X at        position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R, or S; X at        position 2 is T, D, E, G, H, N, Q, or S; X at position 3 is Y,        F, M, or Q; X at position 5 is M, I, L, or V;    -   (e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        MIHPNSGITNINE (SEQ ID NO: 42), EIYPGTVITYYNA (SEQ ID NO: 46),        WIFPGTEGIYYNE (SEQ ID NO: 50), WIFPGRIITYYNE (SEQ ID NO: 54),        AISDDGTYTYYPD (SEQ ID NO: 58), IIWAGGSTNYNS (SEQ ID NO: 62),        WINTDSGVPTYAD (SEQ ID NO: 66), XXHXXXXXXXXNX (SEQ ID NO: 107),        wherein X at position 1 is M or F; X at position 2 is I, L, M,        or V; X at position 4 is P, A, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q,        R, S, T, V, or W; X at position 5 is N, A, D, E, F, G, H, I, K,        L, M, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is S, A, G, T, or        V; X at position 7 is G, A, or S; X at position 8 is I, A, or V;        X at position 9 is T, A, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, V,        W, or Y; X at position 10 is N, A, M, or S; X at position 11 is        I, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y; X at position 13        is E, A, D, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y, or        WINTXXGVPTYAD (SEQ ID NO: 369), wherein X at position 5 is D, or        E; X at position 6 is S, or T;    -   (f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        RSDGTYEGYFDY (SEQ ID NO: 43), ARGLGRAMDY (SEQ ID NO: 47),        AREGDYRYYSPLGY (SEQ ID NO: 51), ARGVGEGFDY (SEQ ID NO: 55),        AKAGSYDYFDV (SEQ ID NO: 59), ARVSMMGFAY (SEQ ID NO: 63),        ARNIYYGWGNFDY (SEQ ID NO: 67), RXDXXXXXYFDY (SEQ ID NO: 203),        wherein X at position 2 is S, A, F, G, I, L, M, N, R, T, V, W,        or Y; X at position 4 is G, or W; X at position 5 is T, D, E, F,        H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is Y, D, F, H,        N, R, or W; X at position 7 is E, D, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R, V, or        Y; X at position 8 is G, K, R, S, or T, or ARXIYYGWGXFDY (SEQ ID        NO: 372), wherein X at position 3 is N, or M; X at position 10        is N, F, H, or Y.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising (i) a first light chain hypervariable region(HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2), and athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3), and/or (ii) a firstheavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chain hypervariableregion (HVR-H3), wherein:

(a) HVR-L1 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13;

(b) HVR-L2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14;

(c) HVR-L3 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15;

(d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:41, 73-106;

(e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:42, 108-202;

(f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:43, 204-249.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising (i) a first light chain hypervariable region(HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2), and athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3), and/or (ii) a firstheavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chain hypervariableregion (HVR-H3), wherein:

-   -   (a) HVR-L1 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13;    -   (b) HVR-L2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14;    -   (c) HVR-L3 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15;    -   (d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID        NOs: 41, 83, 91, 92, 94, 95, 102;    -   (e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID        NOs: 42, 108, 112, 113, 116, 118, 122, 125, 138, 178, 181, 190,        197;    -   (f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID        NOs: 43, 208, 219, 221, 223, 227.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising (i) a first light chain hypervariable region(HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2), and athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3), and/or (ii) a firstheavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chain hypervariableregion (HVR-H3), wherein:

(a) HVR-L1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:37, 309-324;

(b) HVR-L2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:38, 326-334;

(c) HVR-L3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:39, 336-343;

(d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:65, 345-368;

(e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:66, 370-371;

(f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:67, 373-376.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecomprises a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 12,16, 20, 24, 28, 32, or 36; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selectedfrom SEQ ID NO: 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, or 64.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody wherein the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain(V_(L)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 68, and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) aminoacid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 69, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260,261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274,275, 460, 461, 462, 463, or 464.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody wherein the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain(V_(L)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequenceselected from SEQ ID NO: 70, and 377-409; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to asequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 71, and 410-439.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody wherein the antibody comprises:

-   (a) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having    at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 12, and/or a heavy chain    variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90%    identity to SEQ ID NO: 40;-   (b) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having    at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 36, and/or a heavy chain    variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90%    identity to SEQ ID NO: 64;-   (c) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having    at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 68, and/or a heavy chain    variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90%    identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 69, 250, 251, 252,    253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265,    266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 460, 461, 462,    463, or 464; or-   (d) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having    at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 70, and/or a heavy chain    variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90%    identity to SEQ ID NO: 71.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody wherein the antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 440, 441, 442,        443, 444, 445, or 446; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected        from SEQ ID NO: 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 484, 485,        486, 487, 488, 489, or 490;    -   (b) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity to SEQ ID NO: 440; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 447 or 484;    -   (c) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity to SEQ ID NO: 446; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 453 or 490;    -   (d) comprises a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at        least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 454, and/or a heavy chain (HC)        amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence        selected from SEQ ID NO: 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 465, 466, 467,        468, 469, 491, 492, 493, 494, or 495; or    -   (e) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity to SEQ ID NO: 470; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 471 or 501.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising:

-   -   (a) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, and a third light chain hypervariable region        (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 72, a second heavy        chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 107, and a        third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO:        203; or    -   (b) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 308, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 325, a third light chain hypervariable region        (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 335, and/or a first heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 344, a second heavy        chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 369, and a        third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO:        372.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising:

-   -   (a) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;    -   (b) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;    -   (c) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 108, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;    -   (d) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 112, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;    -   (e) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 190, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;    -   (f) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 197, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;    -   (g) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 221;    -   (h) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 227;    -   (i) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 112, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 221;    -   (j) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 112, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 227;    -   (k) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 113, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 221;    -   (l) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 13, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 14, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 113, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 227; or    -   (m) a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID        NO: 37, a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of        SEQ ID NO: 38, a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3)        of SEQ ID NO: 39; and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable        region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 65, a second heavy chain        hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 66, and a third        heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 67.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody comprising:

-   -   (a) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 69;    -   (b) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 250;    -   (c) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 251;    -   (d) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 252;    -   (e) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 253;    -   (f) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 254;    -   (g) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 255;    -   (h) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 256;    -   (i) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 257;    -   (j) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 258;    -   (k) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 259;    -   (l) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 260;    -   (m) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 261;    -   (n) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 262;    -   (o) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 263;    -   (p) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 264;    -   (q) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 265;    -   (r) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 266;    -   (s) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 267;    -   (t) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 268;    -   (u) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 269;    -   (v) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 270;    -   (w) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 271;    -   (x) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 272;    -   (y) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 273;    -   (z) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of        SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274;    -   (aa) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence        of SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 275; or    -   (bb) a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence        of SEQ ID NO: 70; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))        amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 71.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody wherein the antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 440,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 447;    -   (b) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 441,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 448;    -   (c) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 442,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 449;    -   (d) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 443,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 450;    -   (e) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 444,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 451;    -   (f) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 445;        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 452;    -   (g) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 446,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 453;    -   (h) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 455;    -   (i) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 456;    -   (j) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 457;    -   (k) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 458;    -   (l) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 459;    -   (m) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 470,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 471;    -   (n) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 440,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 484;    -   (o) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 441,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 485;    -   (p) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 442,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 486;    -   (q) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 443,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 487;    -   (r) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 444,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 488;    -   (s) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 445;        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 489;    -   (t) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 446,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 490;    -   (u) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 491;    -   (v) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 492;    -   (w) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 493;    -   (x) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 494;    -   (y) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 495; or    -   (z) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 470,        and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 501.

In various embodiments of the anti-CD96 antibody provided by the presentdisclosure, the antibody is characterized by one or more of thefollowing properties:

-   -   (a) binds to human CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸M or        less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹M or less;        optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured by        equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD96        polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4;    -   (b) binds to cynomolgus monkey CD96 with a binding affinity of        1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or        1×10⁻¹¹ M or less; optionally, wherein the binding affinity is        measured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a        cy-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7;    -   (c) binds to human CD96 and to cynomolgus monkey CD96 with a        binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰        M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less; optionally, wherein the binding        affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant        (K_(D)) to a hu-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4 and a cy-CD96        polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7;    -   (d) binds to human CD96 isoform 1 expressed on a cell with an        antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or        0.1 nM or less; optionally, wherein the cell is a HEK293T cell;    -   (e) binds to human CD96 isoform 2 expressed on a cell with an        antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or        0.1 nM or less; optionally, wherein the cell is a CHO cell;    -   (f) binds to human PBMCs with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of        5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less;    -   (g) binds to cynomolgus monkey PBMCs with an antibody EC₅₀        concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less;    -   (h) decreases binding of human CD155 to human CD96 expressed on        CHO cells by at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 99%, or 100%;        optionally, wherein at a human CD155 concentration of 10 nM the        antibody has an IC₅₀ of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or        less;    -   (i) increases IFNγ secretion from human PBMCs by at least        1.8-fold, at least 1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least 2.1 fold,        or at least 2.20-fold; optionally, wherein the antibody has an        EC₅₀ concentration of 0.3 nM or less, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM        or less;    -   (j) increases IL-2 secretion from human PBMCs by at least        1.8-fold, at least 1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least 2.1 fold,        or at least 2.20-fold; optionally, wherein the antibody has an        EC₅₀ concentration of 0.3 nM or less, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM        or less;    -   (k) specifically binds to one or more amino acid residues within        domain 1 of hu-CD96, wherein domain 1 comprises the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; optionally, wherein the one or more        amino acid residues within domain 1 of hu-CD96 comprise residues        T49 and V50 of SEQ ID NO:2, which correspond to residues T28 and        V29 of SEQ ID NO: 5.    -   (l) does not bind to amino acid residues within domain 2 and/or        domain 3 of human CD96;    -   (m) binds to human and/or cynomolgus monkey CD226 expressed on        cells, optionally HEK293 cells, with an antibody EC₅₀        concentration of 500 nM or less, 300 nM or less, 250 nM or less,        200 nM or less, 150 nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 50 nM or        less;    -   (n) binds to human CD226 with a binding affinity of 1 μM or        less, 900 nM or less, 800 nM or less, 700 nM or less, from 1 μM        to 50 nM, or from 800 nM to 200 nM; optionally, wherein the        binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation        constant (K_(D)) to a huCD226 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:482;        and/or    -   (o) binds to cynomolgus monkey CD226 with a binding affinity of        1 μM or less, 800 nM or less, 500 nM or less, 300 nM or less,        100 nM or less, from 1 μM to 50 nM, from 500 nM to 60 nM, or        from 300 nM to 70 nM; optionally, wherein the binding affinity        is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a        cyCD226 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:483.

The present disclosure also provides embodiments of the anti-CD96antibody, wherein: (i) the antibody is a monoclonal antibody; (ii) theantibody is a human, humanized, or chimeric antibody; (iii) the antibodyis a full length antibody of class IgG, optionally, wherein the classIgG antibody has an isotype selected from IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4;(iv) the antibody is an Fc region variant, optionally an Fc regionvariant that alters effector function (e.g., a variant resulting in aneffectorless antibody), or an Fc region variant that alters antibodyhalf-life, or an Fc region variant that alters both effector functionand antibody half-life, including in all instances where the Fc regionmay or may not contain a c-terminal lysine; (v) the antibody is anantibody fragment, optionally selected from the group consisting ofF(ab′)2, Fab′, Fab, Fv, single domain antibody (VHH), and scFv; (vi) theantibody is an immunoconjugate, optionally, wherein the immunoconjugatecomprises a therapeutic agent for treatment of a CD96-mediated diseaseor condition; (vii) the antibody is a multi-specific antibody,optionally a bispecific antibody; and (viii) the antibody is a syntheticantibody, wherein the HVRs are grafted onto a scaffold or frameworkother than an immunoglobulin scaffold or framework; optionally, ascaffold selected from an alternative protein scaffold and an artificialpolymer scaffold.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody wherein the antibody is a multispecific antibody, optionally abispecific antibody. In some embodiments, the present disclosureprovides an anti-CD96 antibody wherein the antibody is a bispecificantibody comprising a specificity for an antigen that is an immunecheckpoint molecule; optionally, wherein the immune checkpoint moleculeis selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4,BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1 BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40,CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200,CD200R1, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA; optionally, whereinthe antigen is selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, andCRTAM.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody that specifically binds CD96 and has a secondary affinity forCD226. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anti-CD96antibody that specifically binds human and/or cynomolgus monkey CD96 andhas a secondary affinity for human and/or cynomolgus monkey CD226. Suchsecondary affinity may vary and may range from micromolar to nanomolaraffinity and may be, e.g., a binding affinity of 1 μM or less, 900 nM orless, 800 nM or less, 700 nM or less, 600 nM or less, 500 nM or less,400 nM or less, 300 nM or less, 200 nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 90 nMor less; optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured byequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a human CD226 polypeptideand/or a cynomolgus monkey CD226 polypeptide. In some embodiments, thesecondary affinity of the anti-CD96 antibody for CD226 may be at leastat least 50 nM, at least 60 nM, at least 70 nM, at least 80 nM, at least90 nM, at least 100 nM, at least 200 nM, at least 300 nM, at least 400nM, at least 500 nM, or at least 600 nM; optionally, wherein the bindingaffinity is measured by K_(D) to a human CD226 polypeptide and/or acynomolgus monkey CD226 polypeptide. In some embodiments, the secondaryaffinity of the anti-CD96 antibody for CD226 may range from 1 μM or lessto 50 nM or more, 900 nM or less to 60 nM or more, 800 nM or less to 70nM or more, or 700 nM or less to 80 nM or more; optionally, wherein thebinding affinity is measured by K_(D) to a human CD226 polypeptideand/or a cynomolgus monkey CD226 polypeptide. In some embodiments, theanti-CD96 antibody may bind CD226 with less than half the affinity withwhich the antibody binds CD96, including e.g., where the antibody bindsCD96 with at least twice the affinity, at least 3× the affinity, atleast 5× the affinity, or at least 10× the affinity, or at least 100×the affinity with which the antibody binds CD226.

In some embodiments, an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure maybind to CD226 through a secondary affinity for CD226. In someembodiments, an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure does notbind CD226 and is not characterized by having affinity for, e.g., asecondary affinity for, CD226. By “secondary affinity”, as used herein,is meant an affinity for a secondary antigen that is substantiallyweaker than the affinity of the antibody for the primary antigen, i.e.,CD96. By “substantially weaker”, as used in this context, is generallymeant that the primary affinity is at least twice the secondaryaffinity, at least 3× the secondary affinity, at least 5× the secondaryaffinity, at least 10× the secondary affinity, at least 100× thesecondary affinity, etc. Accordingly, where the primary affinity,measured as K_(D), may be in the nanomolar or subnanomolar range, thesecondary affinity will generally be greater than 10 nM, including e.g.,25 nM or greater, 50 nM or greater, 75 nM or greater, 100 nM or greater,250 nM or greater, 500 nM or greater, or 750 nM or greater.

Any binding due to secondary affinity may not result in a directagonistic effect and/or a direct antagonistic effect on CD226 or anyfunction thereof. By “not result in a direct agonistic effect on CD226”,as used herein, is generally meant that administration of the activeagent does not alone result in pharmacologically significant immuneactivation through CD226, such as immune cell proliferation and/orcytokine production, e.g., as compared to an appropriate control. By“not result in a direct antagonistic effect on CD226”, as used herein,is generally meant that administration of the active agent does notalone result in pharmacologically significant inhibition of immuneactivation through CD226, such as inhibition of immune cellproliferation and/or cytokine production, e.g., as compared to anappropriate control. In some instances, direct binding to CD226 by ananti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure may result in anenhancement of CD226-triggered cellular activity. In some instances, theanti-CD96 antibody is not an agonist and/or antagonist of CD226.

In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides isolated nucleicacids encoding the anti-CD96 antibodies disclosed herein.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a host cellcomprising a nucleic acid encoding an anti-CD96 antibody as disclosedherein.

The disclosure also provides a method of producing an anti-CD96antibody, wherein the method comprises culturing a host cell comprisinga nucleic acid (or vector) encoding an anti-CD96 antibody so that anantibody is produced.

In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising an anti-CD96 antibody as disclosed herein and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, thepharmaceutical composition further comprises a therapeutic agent fortreatment of a CD96-mediated disease or condition. In some embodiments,the anti-CD96 antibody is the sole active agent of the pharmaceuticalcomposition. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositioncomprises the anti-CD96 antibody and an additional active agent, such asbut not limited to e.g., a checkpoint inhibitor such as e.g., a secondantibody comprising a specificity for an antigen that is an immunecheckpoint molecule; optionally, wherein the immune checkpoint moleculeis selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4,BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1 BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40,CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200,CD200R1, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA; optionally, whereinthe antigen is selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, andCRTAM.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method oftreating a CD96-mediated disease in a subject, comprising administeringto the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-CD96antibody as disclosed herein, or a therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical formulation of an anti-CD96 antibody as disclosed herein.In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody is the sole active agentadministered to the subject to treat the subject for the CD96-mediatedcondition. In some embodiments, the subject is administered more thanone active agents, including e.g., 2 or more, 3 or more, 4 or more, or 5or more active agents effective to treat the subject for theCD96-mediated condition, including e.g., where the more than one activeagents include the anti-CD96 antibody and at least one additional activeagent, such as but not limited to e.g., a checkpoint inhibitor such ase.g., one or more antibodies comprising a specificity for an antigenthat is an immune checkpoint molecule.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method oftreating a disease mediated by binding to CD155 expressed on cells in asubject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeuticallyeffective amount of an anti-CD96 antibody as disclosed herein, or atherapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation of ananti-CD96 antibody as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, theanti-CD96 antibody is the sole active agent administered to the subjectto treat the subject for the disease mediated by binding to CD155expressed on cells in the subject. In some embodiments, the subject isadministered a plurality of active agents effective to treat the subjectfor the disease mediated by binding to CD155 expressed on cells in thesubject, including e.g., where the plurality of active agents includethe anti-CD96 antibody and an additional active agent, such as but notlimited to e.g., a checkpoint inhibitor such as e.g., a second antibodycomprising a specificity for an antigen that is an immune checkpointmolecule.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method oftreating a disease mediated by CD226 and/or TIGIT in a subject,comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effectiveamount of an anti-CD96 antibody as disclosed herein, or atherapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation of ananti-CD96 antibody as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, theanti-CD96 antibody is the sole active agent administered to the subjectto treat the subject for the disease mediated by CD226 and/or TIGIT inthe subject. In some embodiments, the subject is administered aplurality of active agents effective to treat the subject for thedisease mediated by CD226 and/or TIGIT in the subject, including e.g.,where the plurality of active agents include the anti-CD96 antibody andan additional active agent, such as but not limited to e.g., acheckpoint inhibitor such as e.g., a second antibody comprising aspecificity for an antigen that is an immune checkpoint molecule.

In some embodiments of the uses and methods of treatment disclosedherein, the CD96-mediated diseases and conditions, or the diseasesmediated by CD155, CD226, and/or TIGIT, that can be treated with theanti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure, or pharmaceuticalcompositions thereof, include cancer and viral infections. In someembodiments, the cancer is selected from adrenal gland cancer, bladdercancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer,EGJ adenocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, gall bladder cancer, gastriccancer, head and neck cancer, heart cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma,kidney cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, mesothelioma, non-small cell lungcancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, spleencancer, small cell lung cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, anduterine cancer. In some embodiments, the cancer is selected from lungcancer, skin cancer (e.g., melanoma), pancreatic cancer, endometrialcancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, and bladdercancer. In some embodiments, the viral infection is selected fromCytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV),and Varicella Zoster Virus (VSV).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 depicts the amino acid sequence alignment of the closest humangermline kappa light chain V_(L) region (Gene ID—V gene: IGKV1-9*01, Jgene: IGKJ2*01) and heavy chain V_(H) region (Gene ID—V gene:IGHV1-46*01, J gene: IGHJ4*03) against the V_(L) and V_(H) regions ofthe hybridoma-derived murine anti-hu-CD96 antibody, 12F8, and thehumanized version of this antibody, mAb1, as well as six V_(H) regionvariants mAb1.v1, mAb1.v2, mAb1.v3, mAb1.v4, mAb1.v5, and mAb1.v7.

FIG. 2 depicts the amino acid sequence alignment of the closest humangermline kappa light chain V_(L) region (Gene ID—V gene: IGKV6D-21*02, Jgene: IGKJ4*02) and heavy chain V_(H) region (Gene ID—V gene:IGHV7-4-1*02, J gene: IGHJ4*03) against the V_(L) and V_(H) regions ofthe hybridoma-derived murine anti-hu-CD96 antibody, 10G1, and thehumanized version of this antibody, h10G1.

FIG. 3 depicts plots of IFNγ secretion triggered by the anti-CD96antibodies mAb1.v7.NGS8 (or “NGS8”), humanized 10G1 (“h10G1”), NK92.39,and the control antibodies humanized IgG1+N297G mutation (“hIgG1 N297Giso”, indicated as “hIgG iso” in the figure), mouse IgG1 (“mIgG1 iso”),alone, and also triggered by NGS8 or the control antibodies in thepresence of the anti-CD226 antibody DX-11. Each condition was tested in5 biological replicates. Student T-test was used to compare indicatedgroups. **, p<0.005; ***, p<0.001; NS, not significant.

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B depict plots of the activity of the anti-CD96antibodies in primary human CD4+ T cells upon treatment with IL-2 andPHA as described in Example 7. FIG. 4A shows upregulation of surfaceexpression levels of CD96; CD226, and CD155 in response to FHA and IL-2treatment; FIG. 4B shows IL-2 secretion levels in response to incubationwith anti-CD-96 antibodies in comparison to control (“IgG1 iso”).

FIG. 5A, FIG. 5B, and FIG. 5C depict plots of the effect of theanti-CD96 antibodies in primary human peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs) upon anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 treatment as described in Example 7.FIG. 5A shows surface expression levels of CD96; FIG. 5B shows surfaceexpression levels of CD226; FIG. 5C shows surface expression levels ofCD155.

FIG. 6 depicts plots of IFNγ secretion from PBMCs upon addition ofanti-CD96 antibodies mAb1.v7.NGS10 and h10G1 as described in Example 7.

FIG. 7 depicts plots of average tumor volume of EMT6 syngeneic mousemodel tumors in mice treated with control (IgG2a and IgG1 isotypecontrol antibodies), anti-CD96 antibody 3.3 alone, or combination ofanti-CD96 antibody 3.3 with anti-PD1 antibody RMP1-14.

FIG. 8 depicts plots of average tumor volume of B16F10 syngeneic mousemodel tumors in mice treated with control (IgG2a and IgG1 isotypecontrol antibodies), anti-CD96 antibody 3.3 alone, or combination ofanti-CD96 antibody 3.3 with anti-PD1 antibody RMP1-14.

FIG. 9 depicts distributions of the number of metastases counted 14 daysafter implantation in B16F10 lung metastasis model mice followingtreatment with an anti-CD96 antibody, an anti-PD1 antibody, ananti-CTLA-4 antibody, each alone, as well as, the anti-CD96 incombination with each of the anti-PD1 antibody, and the anti-CTLA-4antibody.

FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B depict the change in cytokine release aftertreatment of primary PBMC samples from patients with various cancerswith anti-CD96 antibody, or an effectorless variant thereof. FIG. 10Adepicts changes in IL-2 levels and FIG. 10B depicts changes in IFNγlevels.

FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B depict the stimulation of cytokine secretion inprimary PBMC samples collected from a bladder cancer patient andsubsequently treated with anti-CD96 antibody, or an effectorless variantthereof. FIG. 11A depicts changes in IFNγ levels and FIG. 11B depictschanges in IL-2 levels.

FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B depict the binding of anti-CD96 antibodies toCD226 expressed on cells transfected with CD226-encoding expressionconstructs. FIG. 12A depicts binding to purified human CD226 ectodomainprotein and FIG. 12B depicts binding to expressed purified cynomolgusmonkey CD226 ectodomain protein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure provides antibodies, including humanizedantibodies, that specifically bind CD96 with high affinity and therebyinhibit, decrease, and/or fully block the function of CD96 as a cellsurface receptor involved in immune regulation, particularly thefunction of CD96 as an inhibitor of lymphocyte (e.g., I cell and NKcell) activation. Accordingly, it is contemplated that any of thecompositions or formulations comprising an anti-CD96 antibody of thepresent disclosure can be used as therapeutics for treatment of diseasesmediated by the function of CD96 or its target antigen, CD155, such ascancers and viral infections. Further, it is contemplated that theanti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure can be used as atherapeutic in combination with other therapeutics, such as antibodiesthat target immune checkpoint molecules including, but not limited to,PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM. Among the therapeuticscontemplated by the present disclosure is a bispecific antibodycomprising the anti-CD96 binding specificity of an antibody of thepresent disclosure and another binding specificity of an antibody to animmune checkpoint molecule such as PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3,and CRTAM.

Overview of Terminology and Techniques

For the descriptions herein and the appended claims, the singular forms“a”, and “an” include plural referents unless the context clearlyindicates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a protein”includes more than one protein, and reference to “a compound” refers tomore than one compound. It is further noted that the claims may bedrafted to exclude any optional element. As such, this statement isintended to serve as antecedent basis for use of such exclusiveterminology as “solely,” “only” and the like in connection with therecitation of claim elements, or use of a “negative” limitation. The useof “comprise,” “comprises,” “comprising” “include,” “includes,” and“including” are interchangeable and not intended to be limiting. It isto be further understood that where descriptions of various embodimentsuse the term “comprising,” those skilled in the art would understandthat in some specific instances, an embodiment can be alternativelydescribed using language “consisting essentially of” or “consisting of.”

Where a range of values is provided, unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise, it is understood that each intervening integer of the value,and each tenth of each intervening integer of the value, unless thecontext clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lower limit ofthat range, and any other stated or intervening value in that statedrange, is encompassed within the invention. The upper and lower limitsof these smaller ranges may independently be included in the smallerranges, and are also encompassed within the invention, subject to anyspecifically excluded limit in the stated range. Where the stated rangeincludes one or both of the limits, ranges excluding (i) either or (ii)both of those included limits are also included in the invention. Forexample, “1 to 50,” includes “2 to 25,” “5 to 20,” “25 to 50,” “1 to10,” etc.

Generally, the nomenclature used herein and the techniques andprocedures described herein include those that are well understood andcommonly employed by those of ordinary skill in the art, such as thecommon techniques and methodologies described in Sambrook et al.,Molecular Cloning-A Laboratory Manual (2nd Ed.), Vols. 1-3, Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989 (hereinafter“Sambrook”); Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, F. M. Ausubel etal., eds., Current Protocols, a joint venture between Greene PublishingAssociates, Inc. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (supplemented through 2011)(hereinafter “Ausubel”); Antibody Engineering, Vols. 1 and 2, R.Kontermann and S. Dubel, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg(2010); Monoclonal Antibodies: Methods and Protocols, V. Ossipow and N.Fischer, eds., 2nd Ed., Humana Press (2014); Therapeutic Antibodies:From Bench to Clinic, Z. An, ed., J. Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. (2009);and Phage Display, Tim Clackson and Henry B. Lowman, eds., OxfordUniversity Press, United Kingdom (2004).

All publications, patents, patent applications, and other documentsreferenced in this disclosure are hereby incorporated by reference intheir entireties for all purposes to the same extent as if eachindividual publication, patent, patent application or other documentwere individually indicated to be incorporated by reference herein forall purposes.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill inthe art to which the present invention pertains. It is to be understoodthat the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describingparticular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. Forpurposes of interpreting this disclosure, the following description ofterms will apply and, where appropriate, a term used in the singularform will also include the plural form and vice versa.

“CD96,” as used herein, refers to a transmembrane glycoprotein of the Igsuperfamily that that is encoded by the cluster of differentiation 96gene in humans, however “CD96” as used herein encompasses the CD96proteins of human, cynomolgus monkey, rhesus monkey, and their variousisoforms. CD96 is expressed on the surface of T cells and NK cells andis also commonly referred to in the art as “TACTILE.” Amino acidsequences of various exemplary CD96 proteins are known in the art andare provided in Table 1 below and the attached Sequence Listing.

“CD96 mediated condition” or “CD96 mediated disease,” as used herein,encompasses any medical condition associated with the specific bindingof CD96 to an antigen (e.g., CD155). For example, specific binding ofCD96 to the cell surface receptor CD155 can affect the binding of CD155to the immune regulatory molecules CD226 and/or TIGIT, which altersactivation of lymphocytes (e.g., T cells and NK cells). Accordingly,CD96 mediated diseases can include, but are not limited to, any diseaseor condition mediated by and/or responsive to antagonists or inhibitorsof CD155, CD226, and/or TIGIT, and/or any disease or conditionresponsive to inhibition of immune checkpoint inhibitors, including butnot limited to cancers and viral infections. Specific exemplary cancersand viral infections are provided elsewhere herein.

“CD226,” as used herein, refers to a transmembrane glycoprotein of theIg superfamily that that is encoded by the cluster of differentiation226 gene in humans, however “CD226” as used herein encompasses the CD226proteins of human, cynomolgus monkey, rhesus monkey, mouse, and theirvarious isoforms. CD226 is expressed on the surface of NK cells,platelets, monocytes, and a subset of T cells, and is also commonlyreferred to in the art as “DNAM-1.” Amino acid sequences of exemplaryCD226 proteins are known in the art and provided elsewhere herein.

“CD155,” as used herein, refers to a transmembrane glycoprotein of theIg superfamily that is encoded by the cluster of differentiation 155gene in humans, however “CD155” as used herein encompasses the CD155proteins of human, cynomolgus monkey, rhesus monkey, mouse, and theirvarious isoforms that may exist. CD155 is expressed on the surface ofmany cancer cell lines and primary tumors and is also commonly referredto as “PVR” or “Necl5.” Amino acid sequences of exemplary CD155 proteinsare known in the art and are provided in Table 1 below and the attachedSequence Listing.

“TIGIT,” as used herein, refers to a transmembrane glycoprotein of theIg superfamily that that is expressed on the surface of T cells and NKcells. TIGIT is also referred to in the art as “T cell immunoreceptorwith Ig and ITIM domains.” Amino acid sequences of exemplary TIGITproteins are known in the art.

“Immune checkpoint molecule,” as used herein, refers to a molecule thatfunctions to regulate an immune system pathway and thereby prevent itfrom attacking cells unnecessarily. Many immune checkpoint molecules,both inhibitory and co-stimulatory, are targets for immunotherapy (e.g.,with blocking antibodies to block immune inhibition or with agonists topromote immune stimulation) in the treatment of cancer and viralinfections. Exemplary immune checkpoint molecules targeted for cancerimmunotherapy include, but are not limited to, PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG,KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1 BB,OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25,CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226,and VISTA.

“Antibody,” as used herein, refers to a molecule comprising one or morepolypeptide chains that specifically binds to, or is immunologicallyreactive with, a particular antigen. Exemplary antibodies of the presentdisclosure include monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies,chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, human antibodies,multispecific (or heteroconjugate) antibodies (e.g., bispecificantibodies), monovalent antibodies (e.g., single-arm antibodies),multivalent antibodies, antigen-binding fragments (e.g., Fab′, F(ab′)₂,Fab, Fv, rIgG, and scFv fragments), antibody fusions, and syntheticantibodies (or antibody mimetics).

“Anti-CD96 antibody” or “antibody that binds CD96” refers to an antibodythat binds CD96 with sufficient affinity such that the antibody isuseful as a diagnostic and/or therapeutic agent in targeting CD96. Insome embodiments, the extent of binding of an anti-CD96 specificantibody to an unrelated, non-CD96 antigen is less than about 20%, lessthan about 15%, less than about 10%, or less than about 5% of thebinding of the antibody to CD96 as measured, e.g., by a radioimmunoassay(RIA) or surface plasmon resonance (SPR). In some embodiments, anantibody that binds to CD96 has a dissociation constant (K_(D)) of <1μM, <100 nM, <10 nM, <1 nM, <0.1 nM, <0.01 nM, or <1 μM (e.g., 10⁻⁸ M orless, e.g., from 10⁻⁸ M to 10⁻¹³ M, e.g., from 10⁻⁹ M to 10⁻¹³ M).

“Full-length antibody,” “intact antibody,” or “whole antibody” are usedherein interchangeably to refer to an antibody having a structuresubstantially similar to a native antibody structure or having heavychains that contain an Fc region as defined herein.

“Antibody fragment” refers to a portion of a full-length antibody whichis capable of binding the same antigen as the full-length antibody.Examples of antibody fragments include, but are not limited to, Fv, Fab,Fab′, Fab′-SH, F(ab′)2; diabodies; linear antibodies; monovalent, orsingle-armed antibodies; single-chain antibody molecules (e.g., scFv);and multispecific antibodies formed from antibody fragments.

“Class” of an antibody refers to the type of constant domain or constantregion possessed by its heavy chain. There are five major classes ofantibodies: IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM, and several of these arefurther divided into subclasses (isotypes), e.g., IgG1, IgG2, IgG3,IgG4, IgA1, and IgA2. The heavy chain constant domains that correspondto the different classes of immunoglobulins are called α, δ, ε, γ, andμ, respectively.

“Variable region” or “variable domain” refers to the domain of anantibody heavy or light chain that is involved in binding the antibodyto antigen. The variable domains of the heavy chain and light chain(V_(H) and V_(L), respectively) of a native antibody generally havesimilar structures, with each domain comprising four conserved frameworkregions (FRs) and three hypervariable regions (HVRs) (see, e.g., Kindtet al., Kuby Immunology, 6^(th) ed., W.H. Freeman and Co., page 91). Asingle V_(H) or V_(L) domain may be sufficient to confer antigen-bindingspecificity. Furthermore, antibodies that bind a particular antigen maybe isolated using a V_(H) or V_(L) domain from an antibody that bindsthe antigen to screen a library of complementary V_(L) or V_(H) domains,respectively (see, e.g., Portolano et al., J. Immunol. 150:880-887(1993); Clarkson et al., Nature 352:624-628 (1991)).

“Hypervariable region” or “HVR,” as used herein, refers to each of theregions of an antibody variable domain which are hypervariable insequence and/or form structurally defined loops (“hypervariable loops”).Generally, native antibodies comprise four chains with six HVRs; threein the heavy chain variable domain, V_(H) (HVR-H1, HVR-H2, HVR-H3), andthree in the light chain variable domain, V_(L) (HVR-L1, HVR-L2,HVR-L3). The HVRs generally comprise amino acid residues from thehypervariable loops and/or from the “complementarity determiningregions” (CDRs). A number of hypervariable region delineations are inuse and are encompassed herein. The Kabat Complementarity DeterminingRegions (CDRs) are based on sequence variability and are the mostcommonly used (Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins of ImmunologicalInterest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, Md. (1991)). Chothia refers instead to the location of thestructural loops (Chothia and Lesk J. Mol. Biol. 196:901-917 (1987)).The AbM hypervariable regions represent a compromise between the KabatCDRs and Chothia structural loops, and are used by Oxford Molecular'sAbM antibody modeling software. The “contact” hypervariable regions arebased on an analysis of the available complex crystal structures. Theresidues from each of these hypervariable regions are noted in the tablebelow.

Loop Kabat AbM Chothia Contact L1 L24-L34 L24-L34 L26-L32 L30-L36 L2L50-L56 L50-L56 L50-L52 L46-L55 L3 L89-L97 L89-L97 L91-L96 L89-L96 H1H31-H35B¹ H26-H35B¹ H26-H32¹ H30-H35B¹ H31-H35² H26-H35² H26-H32²H30-H35² H2 H50-H65 H50-H58 H53-H55 H47-H58 H3 H95-H102 H95-H102H96-H101 H93-H101 ¹Kabat numbering ²Chothia numbering

Unless otherwise indicated, HVR residues and other residues in thevariable domain (e.g., FR residues) are numbered herein according toKabat et al., supra.

Hypervariable regions, as used herein, may include extended oralternative hypervariable regions as follows: 24-36 or 24-34 (L1), 46-56or 50-56 (L2) and 89-97 or 89-96 (L3) in the V_(L) domain and 26-35 or30-35 (H1), 50-61, 50-65 or 49-65 (H2) and 93-102, 94-102, or 95-102(H3) in the V_(H) domain. The variable domain residues are numberedaccording to Kabat et al., supra, for each of these definitions.

“Complementarity determining region,” or “CDR,” as used herein, refersto the regions within the HVRs of the variable domain which have thehighest sequence variability and/or are involved in antigen recognition.Generally, native antibodies comprise four chains with six CDRs; threein the heavy chain variable domains, V_(H) (H1, H2, H3), and three inthe light chain variable domains, V_(L) (L1, L2, L3). Exemplary CDRs(CDR-L1, CDR-L2, CDR-L3, CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3) occur at amino acidresidues 24-34 of L1, 50-56 of L2, 89-97 of L3, 31-35 of H1, 50-61 ofH2, and 95-102 of H3. (Numbering according to Kabat et al., supra).

“Framework” or “FR” refers to variable domain residues other thanhypervariable region (HVR) residues. The FR of a variable domaingenerally consists of four FR domains: FR1, FR2, FR3, and FR4.Accordingly, the HVR and FR sequences generally appear in the followingsequence in V_(H) (or V_(L)): FR1-H1(L1)-FR2-H2(L2)-FR3-H3(L3)-FR4.

“Native antibody” refers to a naturally occurring immunoglobulinmolecule. For example, native IgG antibodies are heterotetramericglycoproteins of about 150,000 Daltons, composed of two identical lightchains and two identical heavy chains that are disulfide-bonded. From N-to C-terminus, each heavy chain has a variable region (V_(H)), alsocalled a variable heavy domain or a heavy chain variable domain,followed by three constant domains (CH1, CH2, and CH3). Similarly, fromN- to C-terminus, each light chain has a variable region (V_(L)), alsocalled a variable light domain or a light chain variable domain,followed by a constant light (CL) domain. The light chain of an antibodymay be assigned to one of two types, called kappa (κ) and lambda (λ),based on the amino acid sequence of its constant domain.

“Monoclonal antibody” as used herein refers to an antibody obtained froma substantially homogeneous population of antibodies, i.e., theindividual antibodies comprising the population are identical and/orbind the same epitope, except for possible variant antibodies (e.g.,variant antibodies contain mutations that occur naturally or ariseduring production of a monoclonal antibody, and generally are present inminor amounts). In contrast to polyclonal antibody preparations, whichtypically include different antibodies directed against differentdeterminants (epitopes), each monoclonal antibody of a monoclonalantibody preparation is directed against a single determinant on anantigen. Thus, the term “monoclonal” indicates the character of theantibody as being obtained from a substantially homogeneous populationof antibodies and is not to be construed as requiring production of theantibody by any particular method. For example, the monoclonalantibodies to be used may be made by a variety of techniques, includingbut not limited to the hybridoma method, recombinant DNA methods,phage-display methods, and methods utilizing transgenic animalscontaining all or part of the human immunoglobulin loci, such methodsand other exemplary methods for making monoclonal antibodies beingdescribed herein.

“Chimeric antibody” refers to an antibody in which a portion of theheavy and/or light chain is derived from a particular source or species,while the remainder of the heavy and/or light chain is derived from adifferent source or species.

“Humanized antibody” refers to a chimeric antibody comprising amino acidsequences from non-human HVRs and amino acid sequences from human FRs.In certain embodiments, a humanized antibody will comprise substantiallyall of at least one, and typically two, variable domains, in which allor substantially all of the HVRs correspond to those of a non-humanantibody, and all or substantially all of the FRs correspond to those ofa human antibody. A humanized antibody optionally may comprise at leasta portion of an antibody constant region derived from a human antibody.A “humanized form” of an antibody, e.g., a non-human antibody, refers toan antibody that has undergone humanization.

“Human antibody” refers to an antibody which possesses an amino acidsequence corresponding to that of an antibody produced by a human or ahuman cell or derived from a non-human source that utilizes humanantibody repertoires or other human antibody-encoding sequences. Thisdefinition of a human antibody specifically excludes a humanizedantibody comprising non-human antigen-binding residues.

“Human consensus framework” is a framework which represents the mostcommonly occurring amino acid residues in a selection of humanimmunoglobulin V_(L) or V_(H) framework sequences. Generally, theselection of human immunoglobulin V_(L) or V_(H) sequences is from asubgroup of variable domain sequences. Generally, the subgroup ofsequences is a subgroup as in Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins ofImmunological Interest, Fifth Edition, NIH Publication 91-3242, BethesdaMd. (1991), vols. 1-3. In one embodiment, for the V_(L), the subgroup issubgroup kappa I as in Kabat et al., supra. In one embodiment, for theV_(H), the subgroup is subgroup III as in Kabat et al., supra.

“Acceptor human framework” as used herein is a framework comprising theamino acid sequence of a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) frameworkor a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) framework derived from a humanimmunoglobulin framework or a human consensus framework. An acceptorhuman framework “derived from” a human immunoglobulin framework or ahuman consensus framework may comprise the same amino acid sequencethereof, or it may contain amino acid sequence changes. In someembodiments, the number of amino acid changes are 10 or less, 9 or less,8 or less, 7 or less, 6 or less, 5 or less, 4 or less, 3 or less, or 2or less. In some embodiments, the V_(L) acceptor human framework isidentical in sequence to the V_(L) human immunoglobulin frameworksequence or human consensus framework sequence.

“Fc region,” refers to a dimer complex comprising the C-terminalpolypeptide sequences of an immunoglobulin heavy chain, wherein aC-terminal polypeptide sequence is that which is obtainable by papaindigestion of an intact antibody. The Fc region may comprise native orvariant Fc sequences. Although the boundaries of the Fc sequence of animmunoglobulin heavy chain may vary, the human IgG heavy chain Fcsequence is usually defined to stretch from an amino acid residue atabout position Cys226, or from about position Pro230, to thecarboxyl-terminus of the Fc sequence. However, the C-terminal lysine(Lys447) of the Fc sequence may or may not be present. The Fc sequenceof an immunoglobulin generally comprises two constant domains, a CH2domain and a CH3 domain, and optionally comprises a CH4 domain.

“Fc receptor” or “FcR,” refers to a receptor that binds to the Fc regionof an antibody. In some embodiments, an FcR is a native human FcR. Insome embodiments, an FcR is one which binds an IgG antibody (a gammareceptor) and includes receptors of the FcγRI, FcγRII, and FcγRIIIsubclasses, including allelic variants and alternatively spliced formsof those receptors. FcγRII receptors include FcγRIIA (an “activatingreceptor”) and FcγRIIB (an “inhibiting receptor”), which have similaramino acid sequences that differ primarily in the cytoplasmic domainsthereof. Activating receptor FcγRIIA contains an immunoreceptortyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) in its cytoplasmic domain.Inhibiting receptor FcγRIIB contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-basedinhibition motif (ITIM) in its cytoplasmic domain, (see, e.g., Daeron,Annu. Rev. Immunol. 15:203-234 (1997)). FcR, as used herein, alsoincludes the neonatal receptor, FcRn, which is responsible for thetransfer of maternal IgGs to the fetus (Guyer et al, J. Immunol. 117:587 (1976) and Kim et al, J. Immunol. 24:249 (1994)) and regulationof homeostasis of immunoglobulins. FcRs are reviewed, for example, inRavetch and Kinet, Annu. Rev. Immunol 9:457-92 (1991); Capel et al,Immunomethods 4:25-34 (1994); and de Haas et al, J. Lab. Clin. Med.126:330-41 (1995).

“Multivalent antibody,” as used herein, is an antibody comprising threeor more antigen binding sites. The multivalent antibody is preferablyengineered to have the three or more antigen binding sites and isgenerally not a native sequence IgM or IgA antibody.

“Multispecific antibody” is an antibody having at least two differentbinding sites, each site with a different binding specificity. Amultispecific antibody can be a full length antibody or an antibodyfragment, and the different binding sites may bind each to a differentantigen or the different binding sites may bind to two differentepitopes of the same antigen.

“Fv fragment” refers to an antibody fragment which contains a completeantigen recognition and binding site. This region consists of a dimer ofone heavy and one light chain variable domain in tight association,which can be covalent in nature, for example in scFv. It is in thisconfiguration that the three HVRs of each variable domain interact todefine an antigen binding site on the surface of the V_(H)-V_(L) dimer.Collectively, the six HVRs or a subset thereof confer antigen bindingspecificity to the antibody. However, even a single variable domain (orhalf of an Fv comprising only three HVRs specific for an antigen) hasthe ability to recognize and bind antigen, although usually at a loweraffinity than the entire binding site.

“Fab fragment” refers to an antibody fragment that contains a variableand constant domain of the light chain and a variable domain and thefirst constant domain (CH1) of the heavy chain. “F(ab′)₂ fragments”comprise a pair of Fab fragments which are generally covalently linkednear their carboxy termini by hinge cysteines between them. Otherchemical couplings of antibody fragments also are known in the art.

“Antigen binding arm,” as used herein, refers to a component of anantibody that has an ability to specifically bind a target molecule ofinterest. Typically the antigen binding arm is a complex ofimmunoglobulin polypeptide sequences, e.g., HVR and/or variable domainsequences of an immunoglobulin light and heavy chain.

“Single-chain Fv” or “scFv” refer to antibody fragments comprising theV_(H) and V_(L) domains of an antibody, wherein these domains arepresent in a single polypeptide chain. Generally, an Fv polypeptidefurther comprises a polypeptide linker between the V_(H) and V_(L)domains which enables the scFv to form the desired antigen bindingstructure.

“Diabodies” refers to small antibody fragments with two antigen-bindingsites, which fragments comprise a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))connected to a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) in the samepolypeptide chain (V_(H) and V_(L)). By using a linker that is too shortto allow pairing between the two domains on the same chain, the domainsare forced to pair with the complementary domains of another chain andcreate two antigen-binding sites.

“Linear antibodies” refers to the antibodies described in Zapata et al.,Protein Eng., 8(10): 1057-1062 (1995). Briefly, these antibodiescomprise a pair of tandem Fd segments (VH-CH1-VH-CH1) which, togetherwith complementary light chain polypeptides, form a pair of antigenbinding regions. Linear antibodies can be bispecific or monospecific.

“Naked antibody” refers to an antibody that is not conjugated to aheterologous moiety (e.g., a cytotoxic moiety) or radiolabel.

“Affinity” refers to the strength of the sum total of noncovalentinteractions between a single binding site of a molecule (e.g., anantibody) and its binding partner (e.g., an antigen). “Binding affinity”refers to intrinsic binding affinity which reflects a 1:1 interactionbetween members of a binding pair (e.g., antibody and antigen). Theaffinity of a molecule X for its partner Y can generally be representedby the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)). Affinity can bemeasured by common methods known in the art, including those describedherein. Specific illustrative and exemplary embodiments for measuringbinding affinity are described in the following.

“Binds specifically” or “specific binding” refers to binding of anantibody to an antigen with an affinity value of no more than about1×10⁻⁷ M. In some embodiments, an antibody may have a secondary affinityfor an antigen other than the antigen to which it binds specifically,where “secondary affinity” will generally refer to binding of anantibody to a secondary antigen with an affinity value of more thanabout 10 nM as described elsewhere herein. Where an antibody may have asecondary affinity for a secondary antigen, such an antibody willnevertheless bind specifically to the primary antigen.

“Affinity matured” antibody refers to an antibody with one or morealterations in one or more HVRs, compared to a parent antibody whichdoes not possess such alterations, such alterations resulting in animprovement in the affinity of the antibody for antigen.

“Functional antigen binding site” of an antibody is one which is capableof binding a target antigen. The antigen binding affinity of the antigenbinding site is not necessarily as strong as the parent antibody fromwhich the antigen binding site is derived, but the ability to bindantigen must be measurable using any one of a variety of methods knownfor evaluating antibody binding to an antigen.

“Isolated antibody” refers to an antibody which has been separated froma component of its natural environment. In some embodiments, an antibodyis purified to greater than 95% or 99% purity as determined by, forexample, electrophoretic (e.g., SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing (IEF),capillary electrophoresis) or chromatographic methods (e.g., ionexchange or reverse phase HPLC). For review of methods for assessment ofantibody purity, see, e.g., Flatman et al., J. Chromatogr. B 848:79-87.

“Substantially similar” or “substantially the same,” as used herein,refers to a sufficiently high degree of similarity between two numericvalues (for example, one associated with a test antibody and the otherassociated with a reference antibody), such that one of skill in the artwould consider the difference between the two values to be of little orno biological and/or statistical significance within the context of thebiological characteristic measured by said values (e.g., K_(D) values).

“Substantially different,” as used herein, refers to a sufficiently highdegree of difference between two numeric values (generally oneassociated with a molecule and the other associated with a referencemolecule) such that one of skill in the art would consider thedifference between the two values to be of statistical significancewithin the context of the biological characteristic measured by saidvalues (e.g., K_(D) values).

“Effector functions” refer to those biological activities attributableto the Fc region of an antibody, which vary with the antibody isotype.Examples of antibody effector functions include: Clq binding andcomplement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC); Fc receptor binding;antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC); phagocytosis; downregulation of cell surface receptors (e.g., B cell receptor); and B cellactivation.

“Immunoconjugate” refers to an antibody conjugated to one or moreheterologous molecule(s), including but not limited to a cytotoxicagent.

“Treatment,” “treat” or “treating” refers to clinical intervention in anattempt to alter the natural course of a disorder in the individualbeing treated, and can be performed either for prophylaxis or during thecourse of clinical pathology. Desired results of treatment can include,but are not limited to, preventing occurrence or recurrence of thedisorder, alleviation of symptoms, diminishment of any direct orindirect pathological consequences of the disorder, preventingmetastasis, decreasing the rate of progression, amelioration orpalliation of a disease state, and remission or improved prognosis. Forexample, treatment can include administration of a therapeuticallyeffective amount of pharmaceutical formulation comprising an anti-CD96antibody to a subject to delay development or slow progression of adisease or condition mediated by CD96 or disease or condition in whichCD96 may play a role in the pathogenesis and/or progression.

“Pharmaceutical formulation” refers to a preparation in a form thatallows the biological activity of the active ingredient(s) to beeffective, and which contain no additional components which are toxic tothe subjects to which the formulation is administered. A pharmaceuticalformulation may include one or more active agents. For example, apharmaceutical formulation may include an anti-CD96 antibody as the soleactive agent of the formulation or may include an anti-CD96 antibody andone or more additional active agents, such as e.g., an immune checkpointinhibitor.

By “sole active agent”, as used herein, is meant that the agent referredto is the only agent present in the formulation, or used in the therapy,that provides, or would be expected to provide, the relevantpharmacological effect to treat the subject for the condition,consistent with the description of “treatment” as provided herein. Apharmaceutical formulation comprising a sole active agent does notexclude the presence of one or more non-active agents, such as e.g., apharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in the formulation. A “non-activeagent” is an agent that would not be expected to provide, or otherwisesignificantly contribute to, the relevant pharmacological effectintended to treat the subject for the condition.

“Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to an ingredient in apharmaceutical formulation, other than an active ingredient, which isnontoxic to the subject to whom it is administered. A pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier includes, but is not limited to, a buffer, excipient,stabilizer, or preservative.

“Therapeutically effective amount” refers to the amount of an activeingredient or agent (e.g., a pharmaceutical formulation) to achieve adesired therapeutic or prophylactic result, e.g., to treat or prevent adisease, disorder, or condition in a subject. In the case of a CD96mediated disease or condition, the therapeutically effective amount ofthe therapeutic agent is an amount that reduces, prevents, inhibits,and/or relieves to some extent one or more of the symptoms associatedwith the disease, disorder, or condition. For cancer therapy, efficacyin vivo can, for example, be measured by assessing the growth of aprimary tumor, occurrence and/or growth of secondary tumor(s),occurrence and/or number of metastases, duration, severity, and/orrecurrence of symptoms, the response rate (RR), duration of response,and/or quality of life.

“Concurrently,” as used herein, refers to administration of two or moretherapeutic agents, where at least part of the administration overlapsin time. Accordingly, concurrent administration includes a dosingregimen when the administration of one or more agent(s) continues afterdiscontinuing the administration of one or more other agent(s).

“Individual” or “subject” refers to a mammal, including but not limitedto, domesticated animals (e.g., cows, sheep, cats, dogs, and horses),primates (e.g., humans and non-human primates such as monkeys), rabbits,and rodents (e.g., mice and rats).

Detailed Description of Various Embodiments

I. CD96

CD96 is a transmembrane glycoprotein of the Ig superfamily that isexpressed on the surface of cells, notable T cells and NK cells. Thesequence and annotation of human CD96 (also referred to herein as“hu-CD96”) can be found at UniProt entry P40200. The sequence of thefull-length 585 amino acid hu-CD96 precursor protein (UniProt P40200) isset forth herein as SEQ ID NO: 1. A shorter isoform of hu-CD96, referredto as “isoform 2,” is believed to be the predominant in vivo form ofhu-CD96 (Meyer et al., (2009)). The sequence of the 569 amino acidisoform 2 of hu-CD96 precursor protein (UniProt P40200-2) is set forthherein as SEQ ID NO: 2. The 16-amino add sequence at positions 183-198of the full-length hu-CD96 isoform 1 (SEQ ID NO: 1) is missing inisoform 2 (SEQ ID NO: 2). An exemplary 1710 nucleotide sequence encodingisoform 2 hu-CD96 (GenBank M88282.1) is set forth herein as SEQ ID NO:3.

The amino acid sequence of hu-CD96 comprises in consecutive order asignal peptide, extracellular domain, transmembrane domain, andcytoplasmic domain. The signal sequence of hu-CD96 comprises amino acids1-21, the extracellular domain comprises amino acids 22-519, thetransmembrane domain comprises amino acid 520-540, and the cytoplasmicdomain comprises amino acids 541-585 (position numbering based on SEQ IDNO: 1). The extracellular domain of hu-CD96 further comprises threedistinct Ig-like domains: “D1” comprises amino acids 38-125; “D2”comprises amino acids 156-238; and “D3” comprises amino acids 269-375(position numbering based on SEQ ID NO: 1).

Recombinant polypeptide constructs corresponding to the extracellularportions of the isoform 2 hu-CD96 protein can be used as antigens toelicit anti-CD96 antibodies capable of binding the CD96 target antigenwith high affinity, and preventing binding of CD96 to CD155. Polypeptideconstructs corresponding to the extracellular portions of isoform 2,hu-CD96 protein useful as antigens include the polypeptides of aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4, 5, and 6. These polypeptides comprisethe extracellular domain of isoform 2, hu-CD96 (positions V22-K516) (SEQID NO: 4), the D1 extracellular domain (positions V22-Q137) (SEQ ID NO:5), and the combined domains D1, D2, and D3 (or “D1D3”) (positionsV22-T375) (SEQ ID NO: 6). Additionally, recombinant polypeptideconstructs corresponding to the complete extracellular domain and D1D3domains of the cynomolgus monkey CD96 protein (“cy-CD96”) (SEQ ID NO: 7and 8), and the D1 D3 domains of the rhesus monkey CD96 protein(rh-CD96) (SEQ ID NO: 9) are useful in as antigens in generatinganti-CD96 antibodies capable of cross reacting with human CD96 and theseprimate species CD96 proteins. Recombinant polypeptide constructscorresponding to the extracellular portions of the CD96 target antigenhuman CD155 protein (SEQ ID NO: 10), and the corresponding mouse CD155protein (SEQ ID NO: 11), are useful in developing the anti-CD96antibodies with high affinity and cross-reactivity.

Recombinant polypeptide constructs corresponding to the extracellularportions of the human CD226 protein (SEQ ID NO: 482), and thecorresponding cynomolgus CD226 protein (SEQ ID NO: 483), are useful indetermining secondary binding properties of the anti-CD96 antibodieswith CD226.

Table 1 below provides a summary description of the sequences of thevarious CD96 proteins, and the recombinant CD96, CD155, and CD226polypeptide constructs of the present disclosure, and their sequenceidentifiers. The sequences also are included in the accompanyingSequence Listing.

TABLE 1 CD96 and CD155 Sequences SEQ ID Name Sequence NO: hu-CD96MEKKWKYCAVYYIIQIHFVKGVWEKTVNTEENVYATLGSDVNLTCQTQTVGFFV   1 isoform 1QMQWSKVTNKIDLIAVYHPQYGFYCAYGRPCESLVTFTETPENGSKWTLHLRNM (UniProtSCSVSGRYECMLVLYPEGIQTKIYNLLIQTHVTADEWNSNHTIEIEINQTLEIP 40200)CFQNSSSKISSEFTYAWSVENSSTDSWVLLSKGIKEDNGTQETLISQNHLISNSTLLKDRVKLGTDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGPNKILRSSTTVKVFAKPEIPVIVENNSTDVLVERRFTCLLKNVFPKANITWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSNKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPVPGNKVWNISSEKITFLLGSEISSTDPPLSVTESTLDTQPSPASSVSPARYPATSSVTLVDVSALRPNTTPQPSNSSMTTRGFNYPWTSSGTDTKKSVSRIPSETYSSSPSGAGSTLHDNVFTSTARAFSEVPTTANGSTKTNHVHITGIVVNKPKDGMSWPVIVAALLFCCMILFGLGVRKWCQYQKEIMERPPPFKPPPPPIKYTCIQEPNESDLPYHEMETL hu-CD96MEKKWKYCAVYYIIQIHFVKGVWEKTVNTEENVYATLGSDVNLTCQTQTVGFFV   2 isoform 2QMQWSKVTNKIDLIAVYHPQYGFYCAYGRPCESLVTFTETPENGSKWTLHLRNM (UniProtSCSVSGRYECMLVLYPEGIQTKIYNLLIQTHVTADEWNSNHTIEIEINQTLEIP 40200-2)CFQNSSSKISSEFTYAWSVEDNGTQETLISQNHLISNSTLLKDRVKLGTDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGPNKILRSSTTVKVFAKPEIPVIVENNSTDVLVERRFTCLLKNVFPKANITWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSNKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPVPGNKVWNISSEKITFLLGSEISSTDPPLSVTESTLDTQPSPASSVSPARYPATSSVTLVDVSALRPNTTPQPSNSSMTTRGFNYPWTSSGTDTKKSVSRIPSETYSSSPSGAGSTLHDNVFTSTARAFSEVPTTANGSTKTNHVHITGIVVNKPKDGMSWPVIVAALLFCCMILFGLGVRKWCQYQKEIMERPPPFKPPPPPIKYTCIQEPNESDLPYHEMETL hu-CD96ATGGAGAAAAAATGGAAATACTGTGCTGTCTATTAGATCATCCAGATACATTTTG   3 isoform 2TCAAGGGAGTTTGGGAAAAAACAGTCAACACAGAAGAAAATGTTTATGCTACACT (GenBankTGGCTCTGATGTCAACCTGACCTGCCAAACACAGACAGTAGGCTTCTTCGTGCAG M88282.1)ATGCAATGGTCCAAGGTCACCAATAAGATAGACCTGATTGCTGTCTATCATCCCCAATACGGCTTCTACTGTGCCTATGGGAGACCCTGTGAGTCACTTGTGACTTTCACAGAAACTCCTGAGAATGGGTCAAAATGGACTCTGCACTTAAGGAATATGTCTTGTTCAGTCAGTGGAAGGTACGAGTGTATGCTTGTTCTGTATCCAGAGGGCATTCAGACTAAAATCTACAACCTTCTCATTCAGACACACGTTACAGCAGATGAATGGAACAGCAACCATACGATAGAAATAGAGATAAATCAGACTCTGGAAATACCATGCTTTCAAAATAGCTCCTCAAAAATTTCATCTGAGTTCACCTATGCATGGTCGGTGGAGGATAATGGAACTCAGGAAACACTTATCTCCCAAAATCACCTCATCAGCAATTCCACATTACTTAAAGATAGAGTCAAGCTTGGTACAGACTACAGACTCCACCTCTCTCCAGTCCAAATCTTCGATGATGGGCGGAAGTTCTCTTGCCACATTAGAGTCGGTCCTAACAAAATCTTGAGGAGCTCCACCACAGTCAAGGTTTTTGCTAAACCAGAAATCCCTGTGATTGTGGAAAATAACTCCACGGATGTCTTGGTAGAGAGAAGATTTACCTGCTTACTAAAGAATGTATTTCCCAAAGCAAATATCACATGGTTTATAGATGGAAGTTTTCTTCATGATGAAAAAGAAGGAATATATATTACTAATGAAGAGAGAAAAGGCAAAGATGGATTTTTGGAACTGAAGTCTGTTTTAACAAGGGTACATAGTAATAAACCAGCCCAATCAGACAACTTGACCATTTGGTGTATGGCTCTGTCTCCAGTCCCAGGAAATAAAGTGTGGAACATCTCATCAGAAAAGATCACTTTTCTCTTAGGTTCTGAAATTTCCTCAACAGACCCTCCACTGAGTGTTACAGAATCTACCCTTGACACCCAACCTTCTCCAGCCAGCAGTGTATCTCCTGCAAGATATCCAGCTACATCTTCAGTGACCCTTGTAGATGTGAGTGCCTTGAGGCCAAACACCACTCCTCAACCCAGCAATTCCAGTATGACTACCCGAGGCTTCAACTATCCCTGGACCTCCAGTGGGACAGATACCAAAAAATCAGTTTCACGGATACCTAGTGAAACATACAGTTCATCCCCCTCAGGTGCAGGCTCAACACTTCATGACAATGTCTTTACCAGCACAGCCAGAGCATTTTCAGAAGTCCCCACAACTGCCAATGGATCTACGAAAACTAATCACGTCCATATCACTGGTATTGTGGTCAATAAGCCCAAAGATGGAATGTCCTGGCCAGTGATTGTAGCAGCTTTACTCTTTTGCTGCATGATATTGTTTGGTCTTGGAGTGAGAAAATGGTGTCAGTACCAAAAAGAAATAATGGAAAGACCTCCACCTTTCAAGCCACCACCACCTCCCATCAAGTACACTTGCATTCAAGAGCCCAACGAAAGTGATCTGCCTTATCATGAGATGGAGACCC TCTAG hu-CD96VWEKTVNTEENVYATLGSDVNLTCQTQTVGFFVQMQWSKVTNKIDLIAVYHPQY   4 isoform 2GFYCAYGRPCESLVTFTETPENGSKWTLHLRNMSCSVSGRYECMLVLYPEGIQT extracellularKIYNLLIQTHVTADEWNSNHTIEIEINQTLEIPCFQNSSSKISSEFTYAWSVED domainNGTQETLISQNHLISNSTLLKDRVKLGTDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGP V22-K516NKILRSSTTVKVFAKPEIPVIVENNSTDVLVERRFTCLLKNVFPKANITWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSNKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPVPGNKVWNISSEKITFLLGSEISSTDPPLSVTESTLDTQPSPASSVSPARYPATSSVTLVDVSALRPNTTPQPSNSSMTTRGFNYPWTSSGTDTKKSVSRIPSETYSSSPSGAGSTLHDNVFTSTARAFSEVPTTANGSTKTNHVHITGIVVNKPK hu-CD96VWEKTVNTEENVYATLGSDVNLTCQTQTVGFFVQMQWSKVTNKIDLIAVYHPQY   5 isoform 2GFYCAYGRPCESLVTFTETPENGSKWTLHLRNMSCSVSGRYECMLVLYPEGIQT domain D1KIYNLLIQ V22 Q137 hu-CD96VWEKTVNTEENVYATLGSDVNLTCQTQTVGFFVQMQWSKVTNKIDLIAVYHPQY   6 isoform 2GFYCAYGRPCESLVTFTETPENGSKWTLHLRNMSCSVSGRYECMLVLYPEGIQT domainsKIYNLLIQTHVTADEWNSNHTIEIEINQTLEIPCFQNSSSKISSEFTYAWSVED D1-D3NGTQETLISQNHLISNSTLLKDRVKLGTDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGP V22-T375NKILRSSTTVKVFAKPEIPVIVENNSTDVLVERRFTCLLKNVFPKANITWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSNKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPV PGNKVWNISSEKITcy-CD96 VWGKPFNTEENIYATLGSDVNLTCQTQAKGFLVQMQWSKVTDKADLIALYHPQY   7isoform 2 GFHCAYGSPCESLVTFTQTPENGSKWTLHLRNMSSSVSGRYECMLTLYPEGMQTextracellular KIYNLLIQTHVTPDEWKSNHTIEIEINQTLEIPCFQNSSSEISSEFTYAWLVEDdomains NGTQQTLISQDHLISSSTLLKDRVKVGIDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGP V22-K516DKILRSSTTIKVFAKPEIPMIVENNSTDVLVERTFTCLLKNVFPKANIIWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSDKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPVPGNKVWNISSEKITFLLGSEMSTTDLPPSVTESTLDTQPSPASSVSPTRYPATSSVTLADVSALRPNTTPQSSSSSVTTQDFNYPWTSSGTDAKKSFSQIPSETYSSSPSGAGSTLHDNVFTSTTRALSEVPTTANGSTKTNHVHITGIVVSKPK cy-CD96VWGKPFNTEENIYATLGSDVNLTCQTQAKGFLVQMQWSKVTDKADLIALYHPQY   8 domains D1D3GFHCAYGSPCESLVTFTQTPENGSKWTLHLRNMSSSVSGRYECMLTLYPEGMQT V22-T375KIYNLLIQTHVTPDEWKSNHTIEIEINQTLEIPCFQNSSSEISSEFTYAWLVEDNGTQQTLISQDHLISSSTLLKDRVKVGIDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGPDKILRSSTTIKVFAKPEIPMIVENNSTDVLVERTFTCLLKNVFPKANIIWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSDKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPV PGNKVWNISSEKITrh-CD96 VWGKPLNTEENIYATLGSDVNLTCQTQAKGFLVQMQWSKVTDKADLIALYHPQY   9domains D1D3 GFHCAYGSPCESLVTFTQTPENGSKWTLHLRNMSSSVSGRYECMLTLYPEGMQTV22-T375 KIYNLLIQTHVTPDEWKSNHTIEIEINQTLEIPCFQNSSSEISSEFTYAWLVEDNGTQQTLISQDHLISSSTLLKDRVKVGTDYRLHLSPVQIFDDGRKFSCHIRVGPDKILRSSTTIKVFAKPEIPMIVENNSTDVLVERIFTCLLTNVFPKANIIWFIDGSFLHDEKEGIYITNEERKGKDGFLELKSVLTRVHSDKPAQSDNLTIWCMALSPV PGNKVWNISSEKIThu-CD155 WPPPGTGDVVVQAPTQVPGFLGDSVTLPCYLQVPNMEVTHVSQLTWARHGESGS  10extracellular MAVFHQTQGPSYSESKRLEFVAARLGAELRNASLRMFGLRVEDEGNYTCLFVTFdomains PQGSRSVDIWLRVLAKPQNTAEVQKVQLTGEPVPMARCVSTGGRPPAQITWHSD W20-N343LGGMPNTSQVPGFLSGTVTVTSLWILVPSSQVDGKNVTCKVEHESFEKPQLLTVNLTVYYPPEVSISGYDNNWYLGQNEATLTCDARSNPEPTGYNWSTTMGPLPPFAVAQGAQLLIRPVDKPINTTLICNVTNALGARQAELTVQVKEGPPSEHSGMSRN mo-CD155-DIRVLVPYNSTGVLGGSTTLHCSLTSNENVTITQITWMKKDSGGSHALVAVFHP  11 extracellularKKGPNIKEPERVKFLAAQQDLRNASLAISNLSVEDEGIYECQIATFPRGSRSTN domainsAWLKVQARPKNTAEALEPSPTLILQDVAKCISANGHPPGRISWPSNVNGSHREM D29-R345KEPGSQPGTTTVTSYLSMVPSRQADGKNITCTVEHESLQELDQLLVTLSQPYPPENVSISGYDGNWYVGLTNLTLTCEAHSKPAPDMAGYNWSTTTGDFPNSVKRQGNMLLISTVEDGLNNTVIVCEVTNALGSGQGQVHIIVKEKPENMQQNTR hu-CD226MDYPTLLLALLHVYRALCEEVLWHTSVPFAENMSLECVYPSMGILTQVEWFKIG 482TQQDSIAIFSPTHGMVIRKPYAERVYFLNSTMASNNMTLFFRNASEDDVGYYSCSLYTYPQGTWQKVIQVVQSDSFEAAVPSNSHIVSEPGKNVTLTCQPQMTWPVQAVRWEKIQPRQIDLLTYCNLVHGRNFTSKFPRQIVSNCSHGRWSVIVIPDVTVSDSGLYRCYLQASAGENETFVMRLTVAEGKTDNQYTLFVAGGTVLLLLFVISITTIIVIFLNRRRRRERRDLFTESWDTQKAPNNYRSPISTSQPTNQSMDDTREDIYVNYPTFSRRPKTRVDYKDDDDK cy-CD226MDYPTLLLALLHVYRALCEEVLWHTSVPFAENMSLECVYPSVGILTQVEWFKIG 483TEKDSIAIFSPTHGMVIRKPYAERVYFLNSTMASNNMTLFFRNASEDDVGYYSCSLYTYPQGTWQKVIQVVQSDGFEAAVPPNSHIVSEPGKNITLTCQPQMTWPVQEVRWEKVQPHQIDLLTYCDLVHGRNFTSKFPRQIVSNCSHGSWSFIVVPDVTASDSGLYRCHLQASAGENETFVMRLTVAEGQTDNQYTRFVTGGTVLLLLFVISITTIIVIFLNRRRRRERNDLYTESWDTQKAPKNYRSPISANQPTNQSMDDTREDIYVNYPTFSRRPKTRVDYKDDDDK

II. Anti-CD96 Antibodies

in some embodiments, the present disclosure provides structures ofanti-CD96 antibodies in terms of the amino acid and encoding nucleotidesequences of the various well-known immunoglobulin features (e.g., HVRs,FRs, V_(H), V_(L) domains, and full-length heavy and light chains).Table 2 below provides a summary description of anti-CD96 antibodysequences of the present disclosure, and their sequence identifiers. Thesequences are included in the accompanying Sequence Listing.

TABLE 2 Anti-CD96 antibody sequences SEQ ID Description Sequence NO:12F8 (mAb1)-VL DIVMTQSQKFMSTSVGDRVSVTCKASQNVGTAIVWYQKKPGQSPKTLIYS 12ASTRYTGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTISNVQSEDLAEYFCQQYSSSPLTFGS GTKLEIK 12F8-HVR-L1KASQNVGTAIV 13 (VL positions 24-34) 12F8-HVR-L2 SASTRYT 14(VL positions 50-56) 12F8-HVR-L3 QQYSSSPLT 15 (VL positions 89-97)10H5-VL DVVMTQTPLTLSVTLGHPASISCKSSQSLLDSDGKTYLNWLLQRPGESPK 16LLIYLVSKLDSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDLGVYYCLQATHSP QTFGGGTKLEIK10H5-HVR-L1 KSSQSLLDSDGKTYLN 17 (VL positions 24-34) 10H5-HVR-L2 LVSKLDS18 (VL positions 50-56) 10H5-HVR-L3 LQATHSPQT 19 (VL positions 89-97)1G8-VL DIQMNQSPSSLSASLGDTITITCRVSQDISFWLSWYQQKPGNIPKLLIYK 20ASNLHTGVPPRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDIAAYYCLQSQSYPYTFGG GTKLEIK 1G8-HVR-L1RVSQDISFWLS 21 (VL positions 24-34) 1G8-HVR-L2 KASNLHT 22(VL positions 50-56) 1G8-HVR-L3 LQSQSYPYT 23 (VL positions 89-97)16D9-VL ENVLTQSPAIMSATLGEKVTMNCRASSNVKYMYWYQQKSGVSPKLWIYYT 24SNLASGVPTRFSGSGSGTSYSLTISSVEAEDAATYYCQQFTSSPLTFGAG TKLELK 16D9-HVR-L1RASSNVKYMY 25 (VL positions 24-34) 16D9-HVR-L2 YTSNLAS 26(VL positions 50-56) 16D9-HVR-L3 QQFTSSPLT 27 (VL positions 89-97)9H4-VL DIVLTQSPASLAVSLGQRAIISCKASQSVTFADTGLMHWYQQKPGQQPKL 28LIYRASNLEVGVPTRFSGSGSGTDFTLNIHPVEEEDVATYYCQQSREYPW TFGGGTKLEIK9H4-HVR-L1 KASQSVTFADTGLMH 29 (VL positions 24-34) 9H4-HVR-L2 RASNLEV 30(VL positions 50-56) 9H4-HVR-L3 QQSREYPWT 31 (VL positions 89-97) 7E5-VLQAVVTQESALTTSPGETVTLTCRSSTGAVTTSNYANWVQEKPDHLFTGLI 32GGTNNRAPGVPARFSGSLIGDKAALTITGAQTEDEAIYFCSLWYGSHWVF GGGTKLTVL 7E5-HVR-L1RSSTGAVTTSNYAN 33 (VL positions 24-34) 7E5-HVR-L2 GTNNRAP 34(VL positions 50-56) 7E5-HVR-L3 SLWYGSHWV 35 (VL positions 89-97)10G1-VL DILMTQSPTTLSVTPGETVSLSCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKSQGTPRLLIKH 36ASDSISGIPSRFTGSGSGTDFTLSINSVKPEDEGIYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKLEIK 10G1-HVR-L1RASQDIYRNLH 37 (VL positions 24-34) 10G1-HVR-L2 HASDSIS 38(VL positions 50-56) 10G1-HVR-L3 LQGYSMPYT 39 (VL positions 89-97)12F8-VH QVQLQQPGAELVTPGASVKLSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVKQRPGQGLEWIGM 40IHPNSGITNINEKFKNKATVTVDKSSSTVYIQLSSLTSEDSAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTPLTVSS12F8-HVR-H1 TNNWMH 41 (VH positions 30-35) 12F8-HVR-H2 MIHPNSGITNINE 42(VH positions 50-61) 12F8-HVR-H3 RSDGTYEGYFDY 43 (VH positions 93-102)10H5-VH QVQLQQSGADLARPGASIKLSCKASGYTFTGYGVTWVKQSTGQGLDWIGE 44IYPGTVITYYNAKFKGKATLTADKSSSTAYMELRSLTSEDSAVYFCARGL GRAMDYWGQGTSVTVSS10H5-HVR-H1 TGYGVT 45 (VH positions 30-35) 10H5-HVR-H2 EIYPGTVITYYNA 46(VH positions 50-61) 10H5-HVR-H3 ARGLGRAMDY 47 (VH positions 93-102)1G8-VH QVQLQQSGPELLKPGASVKISCKASGYTFTDYYINWVKQRPGQGLEWIGW 48IFPGTEGIYYNEKFKGKATLTVDKSSTTAYMLLSSLTSEDSAVYFCAREG DYRYYSPLGYWGQGTLVTVSA1G8-HVR-H1 TDYYIN 49 (VH positions 30-35) 1G8-HVR-H2 WIFPGTEGIYYNE 50(VH positions 50-61) 1G8-HVR-H3 AREGDYRYYSPLGY 51 (VH positions 93-102)16D9-VH QVQLQQSGPELVKPGASVKISCKASGYNFNDYYINWVNQRPGQGLEWIGW 52IFPGRIITYYNEKFKGKATLTVDTSSNTAYMLLSSLTSEDSAVYFCARGV GEGFDYWGQGTTLTVSS16D9-HVR-H1 NDYYIN 53 (VH positions 30-35) 16D9-HVR-H2 WIFPGRIITYYNE 54(VH positions 50-61) 16D9-HVR-H3 ARGVGEGFDY 55 (VH positions 93-102)9H4-VH EVQLLETGGGLVKSGGSLKLSCAASGFTFSDYYMYWVRQTPEKRLEWVAA 56ISDDGTYTYYPDSVKGRFTISRDNANNYLYLQMSSLKSEDTAIYYCAKAG SYDYFDVWGAGTTVTVSS9H4-HVR-H1 SDYYMY 57 (VH positions 30-35) 9H4-HVR-H2 AISDDGTYTYYPD 58(VH positions 50-61) 9H4-HVR-H3 AKAGSYDYFDV 59 (VH positions 93-102)7E5-VH QVQLKESGPGLVAPSQSLSIICTVSGFSLTNYGIHWIRQPPGKGLEWLGI 60IWAGGSTNYNSALMSRLTISKDNSKSQVFLKMNSLQTNDTAIYYCARVSM MGFAYWGQGTLVTVSA7E5-HVR-H1 TNYGIH 61 (VH positions 30-35) 7E5-HVR-H2 IIWAGGSTNYNS 62(VH positions 50-61) 7E5-HVR-H3 ARVSMMGFAY 63 (VH positions 93-102)10G1-VH QIQLVQSGPELKKPGETVKISCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVKQAPGKGLKWMGW 64INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFAFSLETSANTAYLQINSLKNEDAATYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTILTVSS10G1-HVR-H1 TTYGMS 65 (VH positions 30-35) 10G1-HVR-H2 WINTDSGVPTYAD 66(VH positions 50-61) 10G1-HVR-H3 ARNIYYGWGNFDY 67 (VH positions 93-102)mAb1v7-VL DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKASQNVGTAIVWYQQKPGKAPKVLIYS 68(humanized 12F8) ASTRYTGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQYSSSPLTFGQGTKVEIK mAb1v7-VH EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 69(humanized 12F8) IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDGTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS h10G1-VLEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 70 (humanized 10G1)ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VHEIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 71 (humanized 10G1)INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1v7-HVR-H1- XNXXXH 72 generic formulaX at position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, N, Q, R,S, V, W, or Y; X at position 3 is N, A, F, G, H,M, R, S, V, or Y; X at position 4 is W, or F; X atposition 5 is M, A, D, E, F, G, L, N, Q, R, S, T, V, or W mAb1v7-HVR-H1-ANNWMH 73 T30A mAb1v7-HVR-H1- DNNWMH 74 T30D mAb1v7-HVR-H1- ENNWMH 75T30E mAb1v7-HVR-H1- GNNWMH 76 T30G mAb1v7-HVR-H1- HNNWMH 77 T30HmAb1v7-HVR-H1- KNNWMH 78 T30K mAb1v7-HVR-H1- NNNWMH 79 T30NmAb1v7-HVR-H1- QNNWMH 80 T30Q mAb1v7-HVR-H1- RNNWMH 81 T30RmAb1v7-HVR-H1- SNNWMH 82 T30S mAb1v7-HVR-H1- VNNWMH 83 T30VmAb1v7-HVR-H1- WNNWMH 84 T30W mAb1v7-HVR-H1- YNNWMH 85 T30YmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNAWMH 86 N32A mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNFWMH 87 N32FmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNGWMH 88 N32G mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNHWMH 89 N32HmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNMWMH 90 N32M mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNRWMH 91 N32RmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNSWMH 92 N32S mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNVWMH 93 N32VmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNYWMH 94 N32Y mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNFMH 95 W33FmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWAH 96 M34A mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWDH 472 M34DmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWEH 97 M34E mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWFH 98 M34FmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWGH 473 M34G mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWLH 99 M34LmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWNH 100 M34N mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWQH 101 M34QmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWRH 102 M34R mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWSH 103 M34SmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWTH 104 M34T mAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWVH 105 M34VmAb1v7-HVR-H1- TNNWWH 106 M34W mAb1v7-HVR-H2- XXHXXXXXXXXNX 107generic formula X at position 1 is M or F; X at position 2 is I,L, M, or V; X at position 4 is P, A, D, E, F, G,H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T, V, or W; X atposition 5 is N, A, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, Q,R, S, T, V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is S, A, G,T, or V; X at position 7 is G, A, or S; X atposition 8 is I, A, or V; X at position 9 is T, A,D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, V, W, or Y; Xat position 10 is N, A, M, or S; X at position 11is I, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y;X at position 13 is E, A, D, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or YmAb1v7-HVR-H2- FIHPNSGITNINE 108 M50F mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MLHPNSGITNINE 109151L mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MMHPNSGITNINE 110 151M mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MVHPNSGITNINE111 151V mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHANSGITNINE 112 P52aA mAb1v7-HVR-H2-FIHANSGITNINE 113 M50F/P52aA mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHDNSGITNINE 114 P52aDmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHENSGITNINE 115 P52aE mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHFNSGITNINE 116P52aF mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHGNSGITNINE 117 P52aG mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHHNSGITNINE 118 P52aH mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHINSGITNINE 119 P52aImAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHKNSGITNINE 120 P52aK mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHLNSGITNINE 121P52aL mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHMNSGITNINE 122 P52aM mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHNNSGITNINE 123 P52aN mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHQNSGITNINE 124 P52aQmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHRNSGITNINE 125 P52aR mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHSNSGITNINE 126P52aS mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHTNSGITNINE 127 P52aT mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHVNSGITNINE 128 P52aV mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHWNSGITNINE 129 P52aWmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPASGITNINE 130 N53A mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPDSGITNINE 131N53D mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPESGITNINE 132 N53E mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPFSGITNINE133 N53F mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPGSGITNINE 134 N53G mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPHSGITNINE 135 N53H mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPISGITNINE 136 N53ImAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPKSGITNINE 137 N53K mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPLSGITNINE 138N53L mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPMSGITNINE 139 N53M mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPQSGITNINE140 N53Q mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPRSGITNINE 141 N53R mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPSSGITNINE 142 N53S mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPTSGITNINE 143 N53TmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPVSGITNINE 144 N53V mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPWSGITNINE 145N53W mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPYSGITNINE 146 N53Y mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNAGITNINE147 S54A mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNGGITNINE 148 S54G mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNTGITNINE 149 S54T mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNVGITNINE 150 S54VmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSAITNINE 151 G55A mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSSITNINE 152G55S mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGATNINE 153 I56A mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGVTNINE154 I56V mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIANINE 155 T57A mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGIDNINE 156 T57D mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIENINE 157 T57EmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIGNINE 158 T57G mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIHNINE 159T57H mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIININE 160 T57I mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIKNINE161 T57K mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGILNINE 162 T57L mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGIMNINE 163 T57M mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGINNINE 164 T57NmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIQNINE 165 T57Q mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIRNINE 166T57R mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGISNINE 167 T57S mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIVNINE168 T57V mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGIWNINE 169 T57W mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGIYNINE 170 T57Y mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITAINE 474 N58AmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITMINE 171 N58M mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITSINE 172N58S mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNFNE 173 I59F mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNGNE174 I59G mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNHNE 175 I59H mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGITNKNE 176 I59K mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNLNE 177 I59LmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNMNE 178 I59M mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNNNE 179I59N mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNQNE 180 I59Q mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNRNE181 I59R mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNSNE 182 I59S mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGITNTNE 183 I59T mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNVNE 184 I59VmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNWNE 185 I59W mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNYNE 186I59Y mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINA 187 E61A mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNIND188 E61D mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNING 189 E61G mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGITNINH 190 E61H mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINK 191 E61KmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINL 192 E61L mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINM 193E61M mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINN 194 E61N mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINP195 E61P mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINQ 196 E61Q mAb1v7-HVR-H2-MIHPNSGITNINR 197 E61R mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINS 198 E61SmAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINT 199 E61T mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINV 200E61V mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINW 201 E61W mAb1v7-HVR-H2- MIHPNSGITNINY202 E61Y mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RXDXXXXXYFDY 203 generic formulaX at position2 is S, A, F, G, I, L, M, N, R, T,V, W, or Y; X at position 4 is G, or W; X atposition 5 is T, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, V,W, or Y; X atposition 6 is Y, D, F, H, N, R, orW; X at position 7 is E, D, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R,V, or Y; X atposition 8 is G, K, R, S, or T mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RADGTYEGYFDY204 S94A mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RFDGTYEGYFDY 205 S94F mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RGDGTYEGYFDY 206 S94G mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RIDGTYEGYFDY 207 S94ImAb1v7-HVR-H3- RLDGTYEGYFDY 208 S94L mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RMDGTYEGYFDY 209S94M mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RNDGTYEGYFDY 210 S94N mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RRDGTYEGYFDY211 S94R mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RTDGTYEGYFDY 212 S94T mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RVDGTYEGYFDY 213 S94V mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RWDGTYEGYFDY 214 S94WmAb1v7-HVR-H3- RYDGTYEGYFDY 215 S94Y mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDWTYEGYFDY 216G96W mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGDYEGYFDY 217 T97D mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGEYEGYFDY218 T97E mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGFYEGYFDY 219 T97F mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RSDGHYEGYFDY 220 T97H mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGIYEGYFDY 221 T97ImAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGKYEGYFDY 222 T97K mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGLYEGYFDY 223T97L mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGMYEGYFDY 224 T97M mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGNYEGYFDY225 T97N mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGQYEGYFDY 226 T97Q mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RSDGVYEGYFDY 227 T97V mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGWYEGYFDY 228 T97WmAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGYYEGYFDY 229 T97Y mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTDEGYFDY 230Y98D mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTFEGYFDY 231 Y98F mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTHEGYFDY232 Y98H mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTNEGYFDY 233 Y98N mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RSDGTREGYFDY 234 Y98R mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTWEGYFDY 235 Y98WmAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYDGYFDY 236 E99D mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYGGYFDY 237E99G mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYHGYFDY 238 E99H mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYKGYFDY239 E99K mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYMGYFDY 240 E99M mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RSDGTYNGYFDY 241 E99N mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYQGYFDY 242 E99QmAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYRGYFDY 243 E99R mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYVGYFDY 244E99V mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYYGYFDY 245 E99Y mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYEKYFDY246 G100K mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYERYFDY 247 G100R mAb1v7-HVR-H3-RSDGTYESYFDY 248 G100S mAb1v7-HVR-H3- RSDGTYETYFDY 249 G100T mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWRHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 250 M34R/P52aF/T97VIHFNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.2)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNRWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 251 N32R/P52aV/T97LIHVNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.6)LYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWDHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 252 M34D/N53L/T97VIHPLSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.8)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWRHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 253 M34R/P52aM/T97VIHMNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.9)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWRHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 254 M34R/N53L/T97VIHPLSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.10)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFVNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 255 T30V/I59T/T97IIHPNSGITNTNEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.14)IYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWDHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 256 M34D/N53M/T97FIHPMSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.15)FYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWRHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 257 M34R/T97VIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.16)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNSWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 258 N32S/I59R/T97IIHPNSGITNRNEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.19)IYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNYWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 259 N32Y/I59M/T97VIHPNSGITNMNEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.21)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWGHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 260 M34G/P52aR/T97IHRNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.24)IYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNRWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 261 N32R/P52aH/T97VIHHNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.48)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWSHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 262 M34S/P52aR/T97VIHRNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.50)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWNHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 263 M34N//N58A/S94LIHPNSGITAINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRLDG (mAb1v7.59)TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNRWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 264 N32R/P52aA/T97VIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.70)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-W33FEVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 265 (mAb1v7.NGS1)IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1v7-VH-M50F EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 266(mAb1v7.NGS2) IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDGTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 267 P52aAIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS3)TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-E61HEVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 268 (mAb1v7.NGS4)IHPNSGITNINHKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1v7-VH-E61R EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 269(mAb1v7.NGS5) IHPNSGITNINRKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDGTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-T97IEVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 270 (mAb1v7.NGS6)IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1v7-VH-T97V EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 271(mAb1v7.NGS7) IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDGVYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 272 W33F/P52aA/T97IIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS8)TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 273 W33F/P52aA/T97VIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS9)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 274 W33F/M50F/P52aA/IHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG T97ITYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS (mAb1v7.NGS10) mAb1v7-VH-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 275 W33F/M50F/P52aA/IHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG T97VVYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS (mAb1v7.NGS11) 12F8-FR-L1 DIVMTQSQKFMSTSVGDRVSVTC276 12F8-FR-L2 WYQKKPGQSPKTLIY 277 12F8-FR-L3GVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTISNVQSEDLAEYFC 278 12F8-FR-L4 FGSGTKLEIK 279mAb1v7-FR-L1 DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC 280 mAb1v7-FR-L2 WYQQKPGKAPKVLIY281 mAb1v7-FR-L3 GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC 282 mAb1v7-FR-L4FGQGTKVEIK 283 10G1-FR-L1 DILMTQSPTTLSVTPGETVSLSC 284 10G1-FR-L2WYQQKSQGTPRLLIK 285 10G1-FR-L3 GIPSRFTGSGSGTDFTLSINSVKPEDEGIYYC 28610G1-FR-L4 FGGGTKLEIK 287 h10G1-FR-L1 EIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITC 288h10G1-FR-L2 WYQQKPDQTPKLLIK 289 h10G1-FR-L3GIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYC 290 h10G1-FR-L4 FGGGTKVEIK 29112F8-FR-H1 QVQLQQPGAELVTPGASVKLSCKASGFTF 292 12F8-FR-H2 WVKQRPGQGLEWIG293 12F8-FR-H3 KFKNKATVTVDKSSSTVYIQLSSLTSEDSAVYYC 294 12F8-FR-H4WGQGTPLTVSS 295 10G1-FR-H1 QIQLVQSGPELKKPGETVKISCKASGYPF 296 10G1-FR-H2WVKQAPGKGLKWMG 297 10G1-FR-H3 DFKGRFAFSLETSANTAYLQINSLKNEDAATYFC 29810G1-FR-H4 WGQGTILTVSS 299 mAb1v7-FR-H1 EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTF300 mAb1v7-FR-H2 WVRQAPGQGLEWIG 301 mAb1v7-FR-H3KFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYC 302 mAb1v7-FR-H4 WGQGTLVTVSS 303h10G1-FR-H1 EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPF 304 h10G1-FR-H2 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG305 h10G1-FR-H3 DFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFC 306 h10G1-FR-H4WGQGTLVTVSS 307 h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQXIXXNXH 308 generic formulaX at position 5 is D, A, E, G, H, K, N, P, Q, S,or T; X at position 7 is Y, or F; X at position 8is R, K, or Q; X at position 10 is L, I, M, or V. h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQAIYRNLH 309 D28A h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQEIYRNLH 310 D28E h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQGIYRNLH 311 D28G h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQHIYRNLH 312 D28H h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQKIYRNLH 313 D28K h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQNIYRNLH 314 D28N h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQPIYRNLH 315 D28P h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQQIYRNLH 316 D28Q h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQSIYRNLH 317 D28S h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQTIYRNLH 318 D28T h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQDIFRNLH 319 Y30F h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQDIYKNLH 320 R31K h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQDIYQNLH 321 R31Q h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQDIYRNIH 322 L33I h10G1-HVR-L1-RASQDIYRNMH 323 L33M h10G1-HVR-L1- RASQDIYRNVH 324 L33V h10G1-HVR-L2-HAXXXXS 325 generic formulaX at position 3 is S, or E; X at position 4 is D,E, K, or Q; X at position 5 is S, H, L, R, or V; Xat position 6 is I, or V. h10G1-HVR-L2- HAEDSIS 326 S52E h10G1-HVR-L2-HASESIS 327 D53E h10G1-HVR-L2- HASKSIS 328 D53K h10G1-HVR-L2- HASQSIS329 D53Q h10G1-HVR-L2- HASDHIS 330 S54H h10G1-HVR-L2- HASDLIS 331 S54Lh10G1-HVR-L2- HASDRIS 332 S54R h10G1-HVR-L2- HASDVIS 333 S54Vh10G1-HVR-L2- HASDSVS 334 I55V h10G1-HVR-L3- XQGYXMPXT 335generic formula X at position 1 is L, G, M, or Q; X at position 5is S, A, E, Q, or V; X at position 8 is Y, or F. h10G1-HVR-L3- GQGYSMPYT336 L89G h10G1-HVR-L3- MQGYSMPYT 337 L89M h10G1-HVR-L3- QQGYSMPYT 338L89Q h10G1-HVR-L3- LQGYAMPYT 339 S93A h10G1-HVR-L3- LQGYEMPYT 340 S93Eh10G1-HVR-L3- LQGYQMPYT 341 S93Q h10G1-HVR-L3- LQGYVMPYT 342 S93Vh10G1-HVR-L3- LQGYSMPFT 343 Y96F h10G1-HVR-H1- XXXGXS 344generic formula X at position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, M, N, Q,R, or S; X at position 2 is T, D, E, G, H, N, Q,or S; X at position 3 is Y, F, M,  or Q; X atposition 5 is M, I, L, or V. h10G1-HVR-H1- ATYGMS 345 T30A h10G1-HVR-H1-DTYGMS 346 T30D h10G1-HVR-H1- ETYGMS 347 T30E h10G1-HVR-H1- GTYGMS 348T30G h10G1-HVR-H1- HTYGMS 349 T30H h10G1-HVR-H1- KTYGMS 350 T30Kh10G1-HVR-H1- MTYGMS 351 T30M h10G1-HVR-H1- NTYGMS 352 T30Nh10G1-HVR-H1- QTYGMS 353 T30Q h10G1-HVR-H1- RTYGMS 354 T30Rh10G1-HVR-H1- STYGMS 355 T30S h10G1-HVR-H1- TDYGMS 356 T31Dh10G1-HVR-H1- TEYGMS 357 T31E h10G1-HVR-H1- TGYGMS 358 T31Gh10G1-HVR-H1- THYGMS 359 T31H h10G1-HVR-H1- TNYGMS 360 T31Nh10G1-HVR-H1- TQYGMS 361 T31Q h10G1-HVR-H1- TSYGMS 362 T31Sh10G1-HVR-H1- TTFGMS 363 Y32F h10G1-HVR-H1- TTMGMS 364 Y32Mh10G1-HVR-H1- TTQGMS 365 Y32Q h10G1-HVR-H1- TTYGIS 366 M34Ih10G1-HVR-H1- TTYGLS 367 M34L h10G1-HVR-H1- TTYGVS 368 M34Vh10G1-HVR-H2- WINTXXGVPTYAD 369 generic formulaX at position 5 is D, or E; X at position 6 is S, or T. h10G1-HVR-H2-WINTESGVPTYAD 370 D53E h10G1-HVR-H2- WINTDTGVPTYAD 371 S54Th10G1-HVR-H3- ARXIYYGWGXFDY 372 generic formulaX at position 3 is N, or M; X at position 10 is N, F, H, or Y.h10G1-HVR-H3- ARMIYYGWGNFDY 373 N95M h10G1-HVR-H3- ARNIYYGWGFFDY 374N100bF h10G1-HVR-H3- ARNIYYGWGHFDY 375 N100bH h10G1-HVR-H3-ARNIYYGWGYFDY 376 N100bY h10G1-VL-D28AEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQAIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 377ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28EEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQEIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 378ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28GEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQGIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 379ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28HEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQHIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 380ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28KEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQKIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 381ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28NEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQNIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 382ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28PEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQPIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 383ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28QEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQQIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 384ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28SEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQSIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 385ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D28TEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQTIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 386ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-Y30FEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIFRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 387ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-R31KEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYKNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 388ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-R31QEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYQNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 389ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-L33IEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNIHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 390ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-L33MEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNMHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 391ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-L33VEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNVHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 392ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S52EEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 393AEDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D53EEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 394ASESISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D53KEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 395ASKSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-D53QEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 396ASQSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S54HEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 397ASDHISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S54LEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 398ASDLISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S54REIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 399ASDRISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S54VEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 400ASDVISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-I55VEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 401ASDSVSGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-L89GEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 402ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCGQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-L89MEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 403ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCMQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-L89QEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 404ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCQQGYSMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S93AEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 405ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYAMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S93EEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 406ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYEMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S93QEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 407ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYQMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-S93VEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 408ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYVMPYTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VL-Y96FEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 409ASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPFTFGG GTKVEIK h10G1-VH-T30AEIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFATYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 410INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30D EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFDTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 411INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30E EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFETYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 412INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30G EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFGTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 413INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30H EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFHTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 414INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30K EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFKTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 415INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30M EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFMTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 416INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30N EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFNTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 417INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30Q EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFQTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 418INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30R EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFRTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 419INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T30S EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFSTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 420INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31D EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTDYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 421INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31E EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTEYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 422INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31G EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTGYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 423INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31H EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTHYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 424INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31N EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTNYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 425INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31Q EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTQYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 426INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-T31S EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTSYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 427INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-Y32F EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTFGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 428INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-Y32M EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTMGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 429INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-Y32Q EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTQGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 430INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-M34I EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 431INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-M34L EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGLSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 432INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-M34V EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGVSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 433INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-D53E EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 434INTESGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-S54T EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 435INTDTGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-N95M EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 436INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARMI YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-N100bF EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 437INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGFFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-N100bH EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 438INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGHFDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10G1-VH-N100bY EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 439INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI YYGWGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS12F8-LC DIVMTQSQKFMSTSVGDRVSVTCKASQNVGTAIVWYQKKPGQSPKTLIYS 440Full length ASTRYTGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLTISNVQSEDLAEYFCQQYSSSPLTFGSGTKLEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTHEG STVEKTVAPTECS 10H5-LCDVVMTQTPLTLSVTLGHPASISCKSSQSLLDSDGKTYLNWLLQRPGESPK 441 Full lengthLLIYLVSKLDSGVPDRFTGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDLGVYYCLQATHSPQTFGGGTKLEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQ VTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS1G8-LC DIQMNQSPSSLSASLGDTITITCRVSQDISFWLSWYQQKPGNIPKLLIYK 442Full length ASNLHTGVPPRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDIAAYYCLQSQSYPYTFGGGTKLEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTHEG STVEKTVAPTECS 16D9-LCENVLTQSPAIMSATLGEKVTMNCRASSNVKYMYWYQQKSGVSPKLWIYYT 443 Full lengthSNLASGVPTRFSGSGSGTSYSLTISSVEAEDAATYYCQQFTSSPLTFGAGTKLELKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTHEGS TVEKTVAPTECS 9H4-LCDIVLTQSPASLAVSLGQRAIISCKASQSVTFADTGLMHWYQQKPGQQPKL 444 Full lengthLIYRASNLEVGVPTRFSGSGSGTDFTLNIHPVEEEDVATYYCQQSREYPWTFGGGTKLEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQV THEGSTVEKTVAPTECS7E5-LC QAVVTQESALTTSPGETVTLTCRSSTGAVTTSNYANWVQEKPDHLFTGLI 445Full length GGTNNRAPGVPARFSGSLIGDKAALTITGAQTEDEAIYFCSLWYGSHWVFGGGTKLTVLGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTH EGSTVEKTVAPTECS10G1-LC DILMTQSPTTLSVTPGETVSLSCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKSQGTPRLLIKH 446Full length ASDSISGIPSRFTGSGSGTDFTLSINSVKPEDEGIYYCLQGYSMPYTFGGGTKLEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTHEG STVEKTVAPTECS 12F8-HCQVQLQQPGAELVTPGASVKLSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVKQRPGQGLEWIGM 447 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNKATVTVDKSSSTVYIQLSSLTSEDSAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297GTYEGYFDYWGQGTPLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 10H5-HCQVQLQQSGADLARPGASIKLSCKASGYTFTGYGVTWVKQSTGQGLDWIGE 448 Full lengthIYPGTVITYYNAKFKGKATLTADKSSSTAYMELRSLTSEDSAVYFCARGL hIgG1.N297GGRAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 1G8-HCQVQLQQSGPELLKPGASVKISCKASGYTFTDYYINWVKQRPGQGLEWIGW 449 Full lengthIFPGTEGIYYNEKFKGKATLTVDKSSTTAYMLLSSLTSEDSAVYFCAREG hIgG1.N297GDYRYYSPLGYWGQGTLVTVSAASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 16D9-HCQVQLQQSGPELVKPGASVKISCKASGYNFNDYYINWVNQRPGQGLEWIGW 450 Full lengthIFPGRIITYYNEKFKGKATLTVDTSSNTAYMLLSSLTSEDSAVYFCARGV hIgG1.N297GGEGFDYWGQGTTLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 9H4-HCEVQLLETGGGLVKSGGSLKLSCAASGFTFSDYYMYWVRQTPEKRLEWVAA 451 Full lengthISDDGTYTYYPDSVKGRFTISRDNANNYLYLQMSSLKSEDTAIYYCAKAG hIgG1.N297GSYDYFDVWGAGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 7E5-HCQVQLKESGPGLVAPSQSLSIICTVSGFSLTNYGIHWIRQPPGKGLEWLGI 452 Full lengthIWAGGSTNYNSALMSRLTISKDNSKSQVFLKMNSLQTNDTAIYYCARVSM hIgG1.N297GMGFAYWGQGTLVTVSAASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 10G1-HCQIQLVQSGPELKKPGETVKISCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVKQAPGKGLKWMGW 453 Full lengthINTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFAFSLETSANTAYLQINSLKNEDAATYFCARNI hIgG1.N297GYYGWGNFDYWGQGTILTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1v7-LCDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCKASQNVGTAIVWYQQKPGKAPKVLIYS 454 Full lengthASTRYTGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQYSSSPLTFGQGTKVEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTHEG STVEKTVAPTECSmAb1v7-HC EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 455Full length IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDGhIgG.N297G TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 456 W33F/P52aA/T97IIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS8)IYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD Full lengthYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY hIgG1.N297GICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 457 W33F/P52aA/T97VIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS9)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD Full lengthYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY hIgG1.N297GICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 458 W33F/M50F/P52aA/IHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG T97IIYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD (mAb1v7.NGS10)YFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY Full lengthICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPK hIgG1.N297GDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 459 W33F/M50F/P52aA/IHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG T97VVYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD (mAb1v7.NGS11)YFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY Full lengthICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPK hIgG1.N297GDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1.vl-VHQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGOGLEWIGM 460IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRATVTVDKSSSTVYTELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1.v2-VH QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 461IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRATVTVDKSSSTVYIELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1.v3-VH QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWVGM 462IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTVDKSTSTVYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1.v4-VH QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 463IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCRSDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1 .v5-VH QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 464IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTVDKSTSTVYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDG TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSmAb1.v1-HC QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 465Full length IHPNSGITNINEKFKNRATVTVDKSSSTVYIELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDGhIgG1.N297G TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTRALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1.v2-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 466 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRATVTVDKSSSTVYIELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297GTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1.v3-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWVGM 467 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTVDKSTSTVYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297GTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1.v4-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 468 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297GTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGEYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVIDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVESCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG mAb1.v5-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 469 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTVDKSTSTVYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDG hIgG1.N297GTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPEMNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG h10G1-LCEIVMTQSPDFQSVTPKEKVTITCRASQDIYRNLHWYQQKPDQTPKLLIKH 470 Full lengthASDSISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTINSLEAEDAAAYYCLQGYSMPYTFGGGTKVEIKGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHKSYSCQVTHEG STVEKTVAPTECSh10G1-HC EIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 471Full length INTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNIhIgG1.N297G YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG 12F8-HCQVQLQQPGAELVTPGASVKLSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVKQRPGQGLEWIGM 484 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNKATVTVDKSSSTVYIQLSSLTSEDSAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297G + C-TYEGYFDYWGQGTPLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD term LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 10H5-HCQVQLQQSGADLARPGASIKLSCKASGYTFTGYGVTWVKQSTGQGLDWIGE 485 Full lengthIYPGTVITYYNAKFKGKATLTADKSSSTAYMELRSLTSEDSAVYFCARGL hIgG1.N297G + C-GRAMDYWGQGTSVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYF term LysPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 1G8-HCQVQLQQSGPELLKPGASVKISCKASGYTFTDYYINWVKQRPGQGLEWIGW 486 Full lengthIFPGTEGIYYNEKFKGKATLTVDKSSTTAYMLLSSLTSEDSAVYFCAREG hIgG1.N297G + C-DYRYYSPLGYWGQGTLVTVSAASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLV term LysKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG K 16D9-HCQVQLQQSGPELVKPGASVKISCKASGYNFNDYYINWVNQRPGQGLEWIGW 487 Full lengthIFPGRIITYYNEKFKGKATLTVDTSSNTAYMLLSSLTSEDSAVYFCARGV hIgG1.N297G + C-GEGFDYWGQGTTLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYF term LysPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 9H4-HCEVQLLETGGGLVKSGGSLKLSCAASGFTFSDYYMYWVRQTPEKRLEWVAA 488 Full lengthISDDGTYTYYPDSVKGRFTISRDNANNYLYLQMSSLKSEDTAIYYCAKAG hIgG1.N297G + C-SYDYFDVWGAGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDY term LysFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 7E5-HCQVQLKESGPGLVAPSQSLSIICTVSGFSLTNYGIHWIRQPPGKGLEWLGI 489 Full lengthIWAGGSTNYNSALMSRLTISKDNSKSQVFLKMNSLQTNDTAIYYCARVSM hIgG1.N297G + C-MGFAYWGQGTLVTVSAASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFP term LysEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 10G1-HCQIQLVQSGPELKKPGETVKISCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVKQAPGKGLKWMGW 490 Full lengthINTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFAFSLETSANTAYLQINSLKNEDAATYFCARNI hIgG1.N297G + C-YYGWGNFDYWGQGTILTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVK term LysDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1v7-HCEVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 491 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG.N297G + C-termTYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 492 W33F/P52aA/T97IIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS8)IYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD Full lengthYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY hIgG1.N297G + C-ICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPK term LysDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 493 W33F/P52aA/T97VIHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG (mAb1v7.NGS9)VYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD Full lengthYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY hIgG1.N297G + C-ICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPK term LysDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 494 W33F/M50F/P52aA/IHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG T97IIYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD (mAb1v7.NGS10)YFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY Full lengthICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPK hIgG1.N297G + C-DTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGS term LysTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1v7-HC-EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNFMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGF 495 W33F/M50F/P52aA/IHANSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG T97VVYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD (mAb1v7.NGS11)YFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTY Full lengthICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPK hIgG1.N297G + C-DTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGS term LysTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1.v1-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 496 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRATVTVDKSSSTVYIELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297G + C-TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD term LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSD1AVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSEFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1.v2-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQRPGQGLEWIGM 497 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRATVTVDKSSSTVYIELRSLRSEDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297G + C-TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD term LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1.v3-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWVGM 498 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTVDKSTSTVYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297G + C-TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD term LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1.v4-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 499 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCRSDG hIgG1.N297G + C-TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD term LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK mAb1.v5-HCQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGFTFTNNWMHWVRQAPGQGLEWIGM 500 Full lengthIHPNSGITNINEKFKNRVTMTVDKSTSTVYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDG hIgG1.N297G + C-TYEGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKD term LysYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK h10G1-HCEIQLVQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYPFTTYGMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGW 501 Full lengthINTDSGVPTYADDFKGRFVFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKAEDTAVYFCARNI hIgG1.N297G + C-YYGWGNFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVK term LysDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK

1. Binding Affinity and Cell-Signaling Inhibition of Anti-CD96Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibodies provided herein have anequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to CD96 of <100nM, <10 nM, <1 nM, <0.1 nM, <0.01 nM, or <0.001 nM (ag., 10⁻⁸ M or less,from 10⁻⁸ M to 10⁻¹³ M, ag., from 10⁻⁹ M to 10⁻¹³ M.

It is contemplated that the various anti-CD96 antibodies generated asdisclosed herein include antibodies capable of high-affinity binding tohu-CD96, cy-CD96, and both hu-CD96 and cy-CD96. More specifically, insome embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosurebind to hu-CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M orless, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In some embodiments, thebinding affinity is measured as the equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(D)) for binding to the hu-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4. In someembodiments, the anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure bind tocy-CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less,1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In some embodiments, thebinding affinity is measured as the equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(D)) for binding to the cy-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7. In someembodiments, the anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure bind toboth hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less,1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In someembodiments, the binding affinity is measured as the equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to the hu-CD96 polypeptide ofSEQ ID NO: 4 and the cy-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7.

Generally, binding affinity of a ligand to its receptor can bedetermined using any of a variety of assays and expressed in terms of avariety of quantitative values. Specific CD96 binding assays useful indetermining affinity of the antibodies are disclosed in the Examplesherein. Additionally, antigen binding assays are known in the art andcan be used herein including without limitation any direct orcompetitive binding assays using techniques such as western blots,radioimmunoassays, enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA),“sandwich” immunoassays, surface plasmon resonance based assay (such asthe BIAcore assay as described in WO2005/012359), immunoprecipitationassays, fluorescent immunoassays, protein A immunoassays, flowcytometric and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) assays, andthe like.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the binding affinity is expressed asK_(D) values and reflects intrinsic binding affinity (e.g., withminimized avidity effects). The anti-CD96 antibodies of the presentdisclosure exhibit strong binding affinities for the hu-CD96 polypeptideof SEQ ID NO: 4, for example, exhibiting K_(D) values of between 10 nMand 1 μM. Accordingly, Anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosuremay compete with antibodies having lower affinity for the same oroverlapping epitopes of CD96, including epitopes within the D1 domain ofhu-CD96 or the D1 domain of cy-CD96. For example, in some embodiments,antibodies of the present disclosure, having a K_(D) for binding tohu-CD96 of 10 nM or less, compete with NK92.39 for binding of hu-CD96,including where such antibodies compete with NK92.39 for binding of theD1 domain of hu-CD96, including where such binding affinity isdetermined by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurement.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibodies provided herein decrease,inhibit, and/or fully-block CD96 binding to CD155, and immune regulationand/or immune signaling mediated by CD96 binding to CD155, including theactivation of T cells and NK cells mediated by CD226. The ability of theantibodies to inhibit these immune regulatory and immune signalingpathways mediated by CD96 binding to CD155 can be assayed in vitro usingknown cell-based assays including the primary cell-based assaysdescribed in the Examples of the present disclosure.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the CD96 antibodies of the presentdisclosure are characterized by one or more of following functionalproperties based on the ability to decrease, inhibit, and/or fully-blockintracellular signaling by CD96-mediated pathways.

In some embodiments the anti-CD96 antibody binds to human CD96 isoform 1expressed on a cell, such as an HEK293T cell, with an antibody EC₅₀concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.

In some embodiments the anti-CD96 antibody binds to human CD96 isoform 2expressed on a cell, such as a CHO cell, with an antibody EC₅₀concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.

In some embodiments the anti-CD96 antibody binds to human PBMCs with anantibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM orless.

In some embodiments the anti-CD96 antibody binds to cynomolgus monkeyPBMCs with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less,or 0.1 nM or less.

In some embodiments the anti-CD96 antibody decreases binding of humanCD155 to human CD96 expressed on cells, such as CHO cells, by at least90%, at least 95%, at least 99%, or 100%. In some embodiments, at ahuman CD155 concentration of 10 nM, the anti-CD96 anti body has an IC₅₀value for decreasing CD155 binding of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1nM or less.

In some embodiments the anti-CD96 antibody increases IFNγ secretionand/or IL-2 secretion from human PBMCs (e.g., NK cells, T-cells) by atleast 1.8-fold, at least 1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least 2.1-fold,or at least 2.2-fold; and in a further embodiment, this increase in IFNγsecretion is observed where the anti-CD96 has an EC₅₀ concentration of0.3 nM or less, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.

2. Antibody Fragments

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecan be an antibody fragment. Antibody fragments useful with the bindingdeterminants the present disclosure include, but are not limited to,Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, F(ab′)2, Fv, scFv fragments, monovalent, singledomain antibody, one-armed or single-arm antibody, and other fragmentsdescribed herein and known in the art. Accordingly, in some embodimentsof the anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure, the antibody isan antibody fragment selected from the group consisting of F(ab′)2,Fab′, Fab, Fv, single domain antibody (VHH), single-arm antibody, andscFv.

For a review of various antibody fragments, see e.g., Hudson et al. Nat.Med. 9: 129-134 (2003). For a review of scFv fragments, see, e.g.,Pluckthun, in The Pharmacology of Monoclonal Antibodies, vol, 113,Rosenburg and Moore eds., (Springer-Verlag, New York), pp, 269-315(1994); see also WO93/16185; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,571,894 and 5,587,458.For a description of Fab and F(ab′)₂ fragments comprising salvagereceptor binding epitope residues and having increased in vivohalt-life, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,046. Other monovalent antibody formsare described in, e.g., WO2007/048037, WO2008/145137, WO2008/145138, andWO2007/059782. Monovalent, single-armed antibodies are described, e.g.,in WO2005/063816. Diabodies are antibody fragments with twoantigen-binding sites that may be bivalent or bispecific (see e.g.,EP0404097; WO93/01161; Hudson et al., Nat. Med. 9: 129-134 (2003); andHollinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 90: 6444-6448 (1993)).

In some embodiments, the antibody fragments are single-domain antibodieswhich comprise all or a portion of the heavy chain variable domain orall or a portion of the light chain variable domain of an antibody. Insome embodiments, a single-domain antibody is a human single-domainantibody (Domantis, Inc., Waltham, Mass.; see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No.6,248,516).

Antibody fragments can be made by various techniques, including but notlimited to proteolytic digestion of an intact antibody as well asproduction by recombinant host cells (e.g., E. coli or phage), asdescribed herein.

3. Chimeric and Humanized Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a chimeric antibody. (See e.g., chimeric antibodies as describedin U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567; and Morrison et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA, 81:6851-6855 (1984)). In one embodiment, a chimeric antibodycomprises a non-human variable region (e.g., a variable region derivedfrom a mouse, rat, hamster, rabbit, or non-human primate, such as amonkey) and a human constant region. In some embodiments, a chimericantibody is a “class switched: antibody in which the class or subclasshas been changed from that of the parent antibody. It is contemplatedthat chimeric antibodies can include antigen-binding fragments thereof.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure isa humanized antibody. Typically, a non-human antibody is humanized toreduce immunogenicity to humans, while retaining the specificity andaffinity of the parental non-human antibody. Generally, a humanizedantibody comprises one or more variable domains in which HVRs, CDRs, (orportions thereof) are derived from a non-human antibody, and FRs (orportions thereof) are derived from human antibody sequences. A humanizedantibody optionally will also comprise at least a portion of a humanconstant region. In some embodiments, some FR residues in a humanizedantibody are substituted with corresponding residues from a non-humanantibody (e.g., the antibody from which the CDR residues are derived) torestore or improve antibody specificity or affinity.

Humanized antibodies and methods of making them are reviewed, e.g., inAlmagro and Fransson, Front. Biosci. 13: 1619-1633 (2008), and arefurther described, e.g., in Riechmann et al., Nature 332:323-329 (1988);Queen et al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 86: 10029-10033 (1989); U.S.Pat. Nos. 5,821,337, 7,527,791, 6,982,321, and 7,087,409; Kashmiri etal, Methods 36:25-34 (2005) (describing SDR (a-HVR) grafting); Padlan,Mol. Immunol. 28:489-498 (1991) (describing “resurfacing”); Dall'Acquaet al., Methods 36:43-60 (2005) (describing “FR shuffling”); and Osbournet al., Methods 36:61-68 (2005) and Klimka et al., Br. J. Cancer,83:252-260 (2000) (describing the “guided selection” approach to FRshuffling).

Human framework regions that may be used for humanization include butare not limited to: framework regions selected using the “best-fit”method (see, e.g., Sims et al. J. Immunol. 151:2296 (1993)); frameworkregions derived from the consensus sequence of human antibodies of aparticular subgroup of light or heavy chain variable regions (see, e.g.,Carter et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 89:4285 (1992); and Presta etal. J. Immunol, 151:2623 (1993)); human mature (somatically mutated)framework regions or human germline framework regions (see, e.g.,Almagro and Fransson, Front. Biosci. 13: 1619-1633 (2008)); andframework regions derived from screening FR libraries (see, e.g., Bacaet al., J. Biol. Chem. 272: 10678-10684 (1997) and Rosok et al., J.Biol. Chem. 271:2261 1-22618 (1996)).

4. Human Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a human antibody. Human antibodies can be produced using varioustechniques known in the art. Human antibodies are described generally invan Dijk and van de Winkel, Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 5: 368-74 (2001) andLonberg, Curr. Opin. Immunol. 20:450-459 (2008). Human antibodies may beprepared by administering an immunogen to a transgenic animal that hasbeen modified to produce intact human antibodies or intact antibodieswith human variable regions in response to antigenic challenge. Suchanimals typically contain all or a portion of the human immunoglobulinloci, which replace the endogenous immunoglobulin loci, or which arepresent extrachromosomally or integrated randomly into the animal'schromosomes. In such transgenic mice, the endogenous immunoglobulin locihave generally been inactivated. For review of methods for obtaininghuman antibodies from transgenic animals, see Lonberg, Nat. Biotech.23:1117-1125 (2005). See also, e.g., XENOMOUSE™ technology in U.S. Pat.Nos. 6,075,181 and 6,150,584; HUMAB® technology in U.S. Pat. No.5,770,429; K-M MOUSE® technology in U.S. Pat. No. 7,041,870; andVELOCIMOUSE® technology in U.S. Pat. Appl. Pub. No. US 2007/0061900).Human variable regions from intact antibodies generated by such animalsmay be further modified, e.g., by combining with a different humanconstant region.

Human antibodies can also be made by hybridoma-based methods. Humanmyeloma and mouse-human heteromyeloma cell lines for the production ofhuman monoclonal antibodies have been described. See, e.g., Kozbor J.Immunol, 133: 3001 (1984); Brodeur et al., Monoclonal AntibodyProduction Techniques and Applications, pp. 51-63 (Marcel Dekker, Inc.,New York, 1987); and Boerner et al., J. Immunol., 147: 86 (1991). Humanantibodies generated via human B-cell hybridoma technology are alsodescribed in Li et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103:3557-3562(2006). Additional methods include those described, for example, in U.S.Pat. No. 7,189,826 (describing production of monoclonal human IgMantibodies from hybridoma cell lines). Human hybridoma technology(Trioma technology) is also described in Vollmers and Brandlein,Histology and Histopathology, 20(3):927-937 (2005) and Vollmers andBrandlein, Methods and Findings in Experimental and ClinicalPharmacology, 27(3): 185-91 (2005).

Human antibodies may also be generated by isolating Fv clone variabledomain sequences selected from human-derived phage display libraries.Such variable domain sequences may then be combined with a desired humanconstant domain. Techniques for selecting human antibodies from antibodylibraries are described below.

5. Library-Derived Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosuremay be isolated by screening combinatorial libraries for antibodies withthe desired activity or activities. For example, a variety of methodsare known in the art for generating phage display libraries andscreening such libraries for antibodies possessing the desired bindingcharacteristics. The use of phage display for preparation of affinitymatured variants of the humanized version of the anti-CD96 antibody ofthe present disclosure are described in the Examples disclosed herein.Other methods for producing such library-derived antibodies can be foundin e.g; Hoogenboom et al., Methods in Molecular Biology 178: 1-37(O'Brien et al., ed., Human Press, Totowa, N.J., 2001); McCafferty etal., Nature 348:552-554; Clackson et al., Nature 352: 624-628 (1991);Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol. 222: 581-597 (1992); Marks and Bradbury, mMethods in Molecular Biology 248: 161-175 (Lo, ed., Human Press, Totowa,N.J., 2003); Sidhu et al., J. Mol. Biol. 338(2): 299-310 (2004); Lee etal., J. Mol. Biol. 340(5): 1073-1093 (2004); Fellouse, Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 101(34): 12467-12472 (2004); and Lee et al., J. Immunol.Methods 284(1-2): 1 19-132(2004).

6. Multispecific Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure isa multispecific antibody, e.g., a bispecific antibody. In someembodiments, the multispecific antibody is a monoclonal antibody havingat least two different binding sites, each with a binding specificityfor a different antigen, at least one of which specifically binds CD96.

In some embodiments, the multispecific antibody is a bispecific antibodycomprising a specificity for CD96 and a specificity for another antigenthat mediates immune regulation, immune signaling, and/or is expressedon a cancer or tumor cell. In some embodiments of the bispecificantibody, the other specificity is for an antigen that is an immunecheckpoint molecule selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3,CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1 BB, OX40, CD27,TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA,Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA.In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 bispecific antibody, the otherantigen for which the antibody has specificity is selected from PD1,TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM.

In some embodiments, at least one of binding sites specifically binds acytotoxic agent. In exemplary embodiments, an anti-CD96 antibody of thepresent disclosure is a bispecific antibody and can be used to localizea cytotoxic agent to cells which express CD96.

Techniques for making multispecific antibodies include, but are notlimited to, recombinant co-expression of two immunoglobulin heavychain-light chain pairs having different specificities (see e.g.,Milstein and Cuello, Nature 305: 537 (1983), WO 93/08829, and Trauneckeret al., EMBOJ. 10: 3655 (1991)). “Knob-in-hole” engineering can also beused to generate bispecific antibodies useful with the anti-CD96antibodies of the present disclosure. Techniques for knob-in-holeengineering are known in the art and described in e.g., U.S. Pat. No.5,731,168.

Multispecific antibodies can also be made by engineering “electrostaticsteering” effects that favor formation of Fc-heterodimeric antibodymolecules rather than homodimers (WO 2009/089004A1); cross-linking twoor more antibodies or fragments (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,980, andBrennan et al., Science, 229: 81 (1985)); using leucine zippers toproduce bispecific antibodies (see, e.g., Kostelny et al., J. Immunol,148(5): 1547-1553 (1992)); using “diabody” technology for makingbispecific antibody fragments (see, e.g., Hollinger et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA, 90; 6444-6448 (1993)); using single-chain Fv (scFv)dimers (see, e.g. Gruber et al., J. Immunol, 152:5368 (1994)); ortri-specific antibodies (see e.g., Tutt et al., J. Immunol. 147:60(1991).

7. Antibody Variants

In some embodiments, variants of the anti-CD96 antibody of the presentdisclosure are also contemplated. For example, antibodies with improvedbinding affinity and/or other biological properties of the antibody maybe prepared by introducing appropriate modifications into the nucleotidesequence encoding the antibody, or by peptide synthesis. Suchmodifications include, for example, deletions from, and/or insertionsinto and/or substitutions of residues within the amino acid sequences ofthe antibody. Any combination of deletion, insertion, and substitutioncan be made to arrive at the final construct, provided that the finalconstruct possesses the desired characteristic of CD96 antigen binding.

A. Substitution, Insertion and Deletion Variants

In some embodiments, anti-CD96 antibody variants having one or moreamino acid substitutions in addition to those described herein areprovided. Sites for mutagenesis can include the HVRs and FRs. Typical“conservative” amino acid substitutions and/or substitutions based oncommon side-chain class or properties are well-known in the art and canbe used in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The presentdisclosure also contemplates variants based on non-conservative aminoacid substitutions in which a member of one of amino acid side chainclass is exchanged for an amino acid from another class.

Amino acid side chains are typically grouped according to the followingclasses or common properties: (1) hydrophobic: Met, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile,Norleucine; (2) neutral hydrophilic: Cys, Ser, Thr, Asn, Gln: (3)acidic: Asp, Glu; (4) basic: His, Lys, Arg; (5) chain orientationinfluencing: Gly, Pro; and (6) aromatic: Trp, Tyr, Phe.

Techniques are well-known in the art for amino acid substitution into anantibody and subsequent screening for desired function, e.g.,retained/improved antigen binding, decreased immunogenicity, or improvedADCC or CDC.

Amino acid substitution variants can include substituting one or morehypervariable region residues of a parent antibody (e.g., a humanized orhuman antibody). Generally, the resulting variant(s) selected forfurther study will have modifications in certain biological properties(e.g., increased affinity, reduced immunogenicity) relative to theparent antibody and/or will have substantially retained certainbiological properties of the parent antibody. An exemplarysubstitutional variant is an affinity matured antibody, which may beconveniently generated, e.g., using phage display-based affinitymaturation techniques such as those described in the Examples herein.Briefly, one or more HVR residues are mutated and the variant antibodiesdisplayed on phage and screened for a particular biological activity(e.g., binding affinity).

A useful method for identifying residues or regions of an antibody thatmay be targeted for mutagenesis is “alanine scanning mutagenesis” (seee.g., Cunningham and Wells (1989) Science, 244: 1081-1085). In thismethod, a residue or group of target residues (e.g., charged residuessuch as Arg, Asp, His, Lys, and Glu) are identified and replaced by aneutral or negatively charged amino acid (e.g., Ala or polyalanine) todetermine whether the interaction of the antibody with antigen isaffected. Further substitutions may be introduced at the amino acidlocations demonstrating functional sensitivity to the initialsubstitutions. Alternatively, or additionally, a crystal structure of anantigen-antibody complex to identify contact points between the antibodyand antigen can be determined. Such contact residues and neighboringresidues may be targeted or eliminated as candidates for substitution.Variants may be screened to determine whether they contain the desiredproperties.

Amino acid sequence insertions include amino- and/or carboxyl-terminalfusions ranging in length from one residue to polypeptides containing ahundred or more residues, as well as intra-sequence insertions of singleor multiple amino acid residues. Examples of terminal insertions includean antibody with an N-terminal methionyl residue. Other insertionalvariants of the antibody molecule include the fusion to the N- orC-terminus of the antibody to an enzyme or a polypeptide which increasesthe serum half-life of the antibody.

Substitutions can be made in HVRs to improve antibody affinity. Suchalterations may be made in “hotspots,” i.e., residues encoded by codonsthat undergo mutation at high frequency during the somatic maturationprocess (see, e.g., Chowdhury, Methods Mol. Biol. 207: 179-196 (2008))with the resulting variant V_(H) or V_(L) being tested for bindingaffinity. In one embodiment, affinity maturation can be carried out byconstructing and reselecting from secondary libraries (see e.g., inHoogenboom et al., Methods in Molecular Biology 178: 1-37 (O'Brien etal., ed., Human Press, Totowa, N.J., (2001).) Another method tointroduce diversity involves HVR-directed approaches, in which severalHVR residues (e.g., 4-6 residues at a time) are randomized. HVR residuesinvolved in antigen binding may be specifically identified, e.g., usingalanine scanning mutagenesis or modeling. HVR-H3 and HVR-L3 inparticular are often targeted.

In some embodiments, substitutions, insertions, or deletions may occurwithin one or more HVRs so long as such alterations do not substantiallyreduce the ability of the antibody to bind antigen. For example,conservative alterations (e.g., conservative substitutions as providedherein) that do not substantially reduce binding affinity may be made inHVRs. Such alterations may be outside of HVR “hotspots.” In someembodiments of the variant V_(H) and V_(L) sequences provided above,each HVR either is unaltered, or contains no more than one, two or threeamino acid substitutions.

B. Glycosylation Variants

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure isaltered to increase or decrease the extent to which the antibody isglycosylated. Addition or deletion of glycosylation sites to an antibodycan be carried out by altering the amino acid sequence such that one ormore glycosylation sites is created or removed.

In embodiments where the antibody comprises an Fc region, thecarbohydrate attached to the Fc region can be altered. Typically, nativeantibodies produced by mammalian cells comprise a branched, biantennaryoligosaccharide attached by an N-linkage to the asparagine at aboutposition 297 (“N297”) of the CH2 domain of the Fc region (see, e.g.,Wright et al, TIBTECH 15:26-32 (1997)). The oligosaccharide may includevarious carbohydrates, such as mannose, N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc),galactose, and sialic acid, as well as, a fucose attached to a GlcNAc inthe “stem” of the bi-antennary oligosaccharide structure. In someembodiments, the modifications of the oligosaccharide of an Fc region ofan antibody can create a variant with certain improved properties.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a variant of a parent antibody, wherein the variant comprises acarbohydrate structure that lacks fucose attached (directly orindirectly) to an Fc region. For example, the amount of fucose in suchantibody may be from about 1% to about 80%, from about 1% to about 65%,from about 5% to about 65%, or from about 20% to about 40%. The amountof fucose can be determined by calculating the average amount of fucosewithin the sugar chain at N297, relative to the sum of allglyco-structures attached to Asn 297 (e.g., complex; hybrid and highmannose structures) as measured by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (seee.g., WO 2008/077546), N297 refers to the asparagine residue located atabout position 297 in the Fc region (Eu numbering of Fc regionresidues); however, N297 may also be located about ±3 amino acidsupstream or downstream of position 297, i.e., between positions 294 and300, due to minor sequence variations in antibodies.

In some embodiments, the fucosylation variants can have improved ADCCfunction. See, e.g., US Patent Publication Nos. US 2003/0157108, or US2004/0093621. Examples of “defucosylated” or “fucose-deficient”antibodies and associated methods for preparing them are disclosed ine.g., US2003/0157108; US2003/0115614; US2002/0164328; US2004/0093621;US2004/0132140; US2004/0110704; US2004/0110282; US2004/0109865;WO2000/61739; WO2001/29246; WO2003/085119; WO2003/084570; WO2005/035586;WO2005/035778; WO2005/053742; WO2002/031140; Okazaki et al. J. Mol.Biol. 336: 1239-1249 (2004); Yamane-Ohnuki et al. Biotech. Bioeng. 87:614 (2004).

Cell lines useful for producing defucosylated antibodies include Led 3CHO cells deficient in protein fucosylation (see e.g., Ripka et al.Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 249:533-545 (1986); US200310157108, andWO2004/056312), and knockout cell lines, such asalpha-1,6-fucosyltransferase gene, FUT8, knockout CHO cells (see, e.g.,Yamane-Ohnuki et al. Biotech. Bioeng. 87: 614 (2004); Kanda, Y. et al.,Biotechnol. Bioeng., 94(4):680-688 (2006); and WO2003/085107).

C. Fc Region Variants

In some embodiments, an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure cancomprise one or more amino acid modifications in the Fc region (i.e., anFc region variant). The Fc region variant may comprise a human Fc regionsequence (e.g., a human IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, or IgG4 Fc region) comprisingan amino acid substitution at one or more amino acid residue positions.A wide range of Fc region variants known in the art that are useful withthe anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure are described below.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody is an Fc region variantwhich has altered effector function. In some embodiments, the antibodywith altered effector function possesses some (but not all of) theeffector functions, decreased effector function, or none of the effectorfunctions (e.g., effectorless) of the parent antibody. Effectorless Fcregion variants are more desirable for certain applications whereeffector function (such as ADCC) is unnecessary or deleterious, and/orin vivo half-life of the antibody is important.

Fc region variant antibodies with reduced effector function, or whichare effectorless, can include an amino acid substitution at one or moreof the following Fc region positions: 238, 265, 269, 270, 297, 327 and329. (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,056). Such Fc region variants caninclude amino acid substitutions at two or more of positions 265, 269,270, 297 and 327. Such Fc region variants can also include substitutionsof both residues 265 and 297 to alanine (see e.g., U.S. Pat. No.7,332,581). As disclosed in the Examples and elsewhere herein, in someembodiments, the anti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure areeffectorless Fc region variants. In some embodiments, the effectorlessFc region variants of the anti-CD96 antibodies comprise the amino acidsubstitution N297G.

Fc region variants having improved or diminished binding to FcRs aredisclosed in e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,056; WO 2004/056312; and Shieldset al., J. Biol. Chem. 9(2): 6591-6604 (2001). Fc region variants havingimproved ADCC can comprise one or more amino acid substitutions at e.g.,positions 298, 333, and/or 334 of the Fc region (based on EU numbering).Fc region variants having altered (i.e., either improved or diminished)Clq binding and/or Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity (CDC), as describedin e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,194,551, WO99/51642, and Idusogie et al., J.Immunol. 164: 4178-4184 (2000). Fc region variants with increasedhalf-lives and improved binding to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) aredisclosed in e.g., US2005/0014934A1 (Hinton et al.). Such Fc regionvariants comprise amino acid substitutions at one or more of positions:238, 256, 265, 272, 286, 303, 305, 307, 311, 312, 317, 340, 356, 360,362, 376, 378, 380, 382, 413, 424, and 434. Other Fc region variantswith increased half-lives include the set of YTE mutations at positions252, 254, and 256 (i.e., M252Y/S254T/T256E) described in e.g., U.S. Pat.No. 7,658,921B2 (Dall'Acqua et al.). Other examples of Fc regionvariants can be found in e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,648,260 and 5,624,821;and WO94/29351.

Generally, in vitro and/or in vivo cytotoxicity assays can be carriedout to confirm the reduction/depletion of CDC and/or ADCC activities inan Fc region variant. For example, Fc receptor (FcR) binding assays canbe conducted to ensure that the antibody lacks FcγR binding (hencelikely lacking ADCC activity) but retains FcRn binding ability. Theprimary cells for mediating ADCC, NK cells express FcγRIII only, whereasmonocytes express FcγRI, FcγRII, and FcγRIII. Non-limiting examples ofin vitro assays to assess ADCC activity of a molecule of interest isdescribed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,500,362 (see, e.g. Hellstrom, et al., Proc.Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 83:7059-7063 (1986)) and Hellstrom, et al., Proc.Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 82: 1499-1502 (1985); 5,821,337 (see Bruggemann, M.et al., J. Exp. Med. 166: 1351-1361 (1987)). Alternatively,non-radioactive assay methods may be employed (see, for example, ACTInonradioactive cytotoxicity assay for flow cytometry (CellTechnology,Inc. Mountain View, Calif.; and CytoTox96® non-radioactive cytotoxicityassay (Promega, Madison, Wis.), Useful effector cells for such assaysinclude peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and Natural Killer(NK) cells. Alternatively, or additionally, ADCC activity of themolecule of interest may be assessed in vivo, e.g., in an animal modelsuch as that disclosed in Clynes et al. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA95:652-656 (1998). Clq binding assays may also be carried out to confirmthat the antibody is unable to bind Clq and hence lacks CDC activity,See, e.g., Clq and C3c binding ELISA in WO2006/029879 and WO2005/100402.To assess complement activation, a CDC assay may be performed (see,e.g., Gazzano-Santoro et al., J. Immunol. Methods 202: 163 (1996);Cragg, M. S. et al., Blood 101: 1045-1052 (2003); and Cragg, M. S. andM. J. Glennie, SW 103:2738-2743 (2004)). FcRn binding and in vivoclearance/half-life determinations can be performed using methods knownin the art (see, e.g., Petkova, et al., Intl. Immunol. 18(12): 1759-1769(2006)).

D. Cysteine Engineered Antibody Variants

In some embodiments, it is contemplated that the anti-CD96 antibodydescribed herein can be substituted at specific non-HVR positions withcysteine residues so as to create reactive thiol groups. Such engineered“thioMAbs” can be used to conjugate the antibody to e.g., drug moietiesor linker-drug moieties and thereby create immunoconjugates, asdescribed elsewhere herein. Cysteine engineered antibodies can begenerated as described in e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 7,521,541. In someembodiments, any one or more of the following antibody residues can besubstituted with cysteine: V205 (Kabat numbering) of the light chain;A118 (EU numbering) of the heavy chain; and 5400 (EU numbering) of theheavy chain Fc region.

E. Antibody Derivatives

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosuremay be further modified (i.e., derivatized) with non-proteinaceousmoieties. Non-proteinaceous moieties suitable for derivatization of theantibody include, but are not limited to, water soluble polymers, suchas: polyethylene glycol (PEG), copolymers of ethylene glycol andpropylene glycol, carboxy-methylcellulose, dextran, polyvinyl alcohol,polyvinyl pyrrolidone, poly-1, 3-dioxolane, poly-1, 3, 6-trioxane,ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer, poly-amino acid homo-polymers orrandom co-polymers, and dextran or poly(n-vinyl pyrrolidone)polyethyleneglycol, propropylene glycol homo-polymers, polypropylene oxide/ethyleneoxide co-polymers, polyoxy-ethylated polyols (e.g., glycerol), polyvinylalcohol, and mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, modification of theantibody can be carried out using methoxy-polyethylene glycolpropionaldehyde. The polymers may be of any molecular weight, and may bebranched or unbranched. The number of polymers attached to the antibodymay vary, and if more than one polymer is attached, they can be the sameor different molecules. In general, the number and/or type of polymersused for derivatization can be determined based on considerationsincluding, but not limited to, the particular properties or functions ofthe antibody, e.g., whether the antibody derivative will be used in atherapy under defined conditions.

8. Immunoconjugates

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecan also be an immunoconjugate, wherein the immunoconjugate comprises ananti-CD96 antibody conjugated to one or more cytotoxic agents. Suitablecytotoxic agents contemplated by the present disclosure includechemotherapeutic agents, drugs, growth inhibitory agents, toxins (e.g.,protein toxins, enzymatically active toxins of bacterial, fungal, plant,or animal origin, or fragments thereof), or radioactive isotopes.

In some embodiments, the immunoconjugate is an antibody-drug conjugate(ADC) in which an anti-CD96 antibody, as described herein, is conjugatedto one or more drugs.

In some embodiments, an immunoconjugate of the present disclosurecomprises an anti-CD96 antibody as described herein conjugated to a drugor therapeutic agent for the treatment of a CD96-mediated disease orcondition.

In some embodiments, an anti-CD96 antibody as described herein can beconjugated to an enzymatically active toxin or a fragment thereof,including but not limited to diphtheria A chain, nonbinding activefragments of diphtheria toxin, exotoxin A chain (from Pseudomonasaeruginosa), ricin A chain, abrin A chain, modeccin A chain,alpha-sarcin, Aleurites fordii proteins, dianthin proteins, Phytolacaamericana proteins, Momordica charantia inhibitor, curcin, crotin,Sapaonaria officinalis inhibitor, gelonin, mitogellin, restrictocin,phenomycin, enomycin, and the tricothecenes.

In some embodiments, an immunoconjugate of the present disclosurecomprises an anti-CD96 antibody as described herein conjugated to aradioactive isotope (i.e., a radioconjugate). A variety of radioactiveisotopes are available for the production of such radioconjugates.Examples include ²¹¹At, ¹³¹I, ¹²⁵I, ⁹⁰Y, ¹⁸⁶Re, ¹⁸⁸Re, ¹⁵³Sm, ²¹²Bi,³²P, ²¹²Pb, and radioactive isotopes of Lu. In some embodiments, theimmunoconjugate may comprise a radioisotope for scintigraphic detection,or a spin label for NMR detection or MR. Suitable radioisotopes or spinlabels can include, as ¹²³I, ¹³¹I, ¹¹¹In, ¹³C, ¹⁹F, ¹⁵N, ¹⁷O, variousisotopes of Gd, Mn, and Fe.

Immunoconjugates of an anti-CD96 antibody and a cytotoxic agent, can bemade using a variety of well-known bifunctional reagents and chemistriessuitable for conjugating to proteins. Such reagents include but are notlimited to: N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio) propionate (SPDP),succinimidyl-4-(N-maleimidoethyl) cyclohexane-1-carboxylate (SMCC),iminothiolane (IT), bifunctional derivatives of imidoesters (e.g.,dimethyl adipimidate HQ), active esters (e.g., disuccinimidyl suberate),aldehydes (e.g., glutaraldehyde), bis-azido compounds (e.g.,bis-(p-azidobenzoyl)-hexanediamine), bis-diazonium derivatives (e.g.,bis-(p-diazoniumbenzoyl)-ethylenediamine), diisocyanates (e.g.,toluene-2,6-diisocyanate), and bis-active fluorine compounds (e.g.,1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene).

Reagents for preparing immunoconjugates of the present disclosure canalso include commercially available “cross-linking” reagents such as:BMPS, EMCS, GMBS, HBVS, LC-SMCC, MBS, MPBH, SBAP, SIA, SIAB, SMCC, SMPB,SMPH, sulfo-EMCS, sulfo-GMBS, sulfo-KMUS, sulfo-MBS, sulfo-SIAB,sulfo-SMCC, and sulfo-SMPB, and SVSB(succinimidyl-(4-vinylsulfone)benzoate) (see e.g., Pierce Biotechnology,Inc., Rockford, Ill., U.S.A).

9. Synthetic Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a synthetic antibody comprising a set of CDRs or HVRs from ananti-CD96 immunoglobulin (e.g., HVR-L1, etc.) grafted onto a scaffold orframework other than an immunoglobulin scaffold or framework, such as analternative protein scaffold, or an artificial polymer scaffold.

Exemplary alternative protein scaffolds contemplated for preparation ofsynthetic antibodies of the present disclosure can include, but are notlimited to: fibronectin, neocarzinostatin CBM4-2, lipocalins, T-cellreceptor, protein-A domain (protein Z), Im9, TPR proteins, zinc fingerdomains, pVIII, avian pancreatic polypeptide, GCN4, WW domain Srchomology domain 3, PDL domains, TEM-1 beta-lactamase, thioredoxin,staphylococcal nuclease, PHD-fmger domains, CL-2, BPTI, APPI, HPSTI,ecotin, LACI-D1, LDTI, MTI-II, scorpion toxins, insect defensin-Apeptide, EETI-II, Min-23, CBD, PBP, cytochrome b-562, Ldl receptordomains, gamma-crystallin, ubiquitin, transferrin, and/or C-typelectin-like domains.

Exemplary artificial polymer (non-protein) scaffolds useful forsynthetic antibodies are described in e.g., Fiedler et al., (2014)“Non-Antibody Scaffolds as Alternative Therapeutic Agents,” in Handbookof Therapeutic Antibodies (eds S. Dübel and J. M. Reichert), Wiley-VCHVerlag GmbH & Co.; Gebauer et al., Curr. ©pin. Chem. Biol, 13:245-255(2009); Binz et al, Nat. Biotech., 23(10): 1257-1268 (2005).

IV. Recombinant Methods and Compositions

The anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure can be produced usingrecombinant methods and materials well-known in the art of antibodyproduction. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides anisolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-CD96 antibody. The nucleic acidcan encode an amino acid sequence comprising the V_(L) and/or an aminoacid sequence comprising the V_(H) of the antibody (e.g., the lightand/or heavy chains of the antibody). In some embodiments, one or morevectors (e.g., expression vectors) comprising nucleic acid sequencesencoding an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure are provided.In some embodiments, a host cell comprising nucleic acid sequencesencoding an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure are provided.In one embodiment, the host cell has been transformed with a vectorcomprising a nucleic acid that encodes an amino acid sequence comprisingthe V_(L) of the antibody and an amino acid sequence comprising theV_(H) of the antibody. In another embodiment, the host cell has beentransformed with a first vector comprising a nucleic acid that encodesan amino acid sequence comprising the V_(L) of the antibody and a secondvector comprising a nucleic acid that encodes an amino acid sequencecomprising the V_(H) of the antibody.

In some embodiments of the recombinant methods, the host cell used is aeukaryotic cell, such as a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell, or alymphoid cell (e.g., Y0, NS0, Sp20). In one embodiment, a method ofmaking an anti-CD96 antibody is provided, wherein the method comprisesculturing a host cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the antibody,as provided above, under conditions suitable for expression of theantibody, and optionally recovering the antibody from the host cell (orhost cell culture medium).

Briefly, recombinant production of an anti-CD96 antibody is carried outby isolating a nucleic acid encoding an antibody (e.g., as describedherein) and inserting this nucleic acid into one or more vectors forfurther cloning and/or expression in a host cell. Such nucleic acids arereadily isolated and sequenced using conventional procedures well-knownin the art (e.g., by using oligonucleotide probes that are capable ofbinding specifically to genes encoding the heavy and light chains of thedesired antibody). Suitable host cells and culturing methods for cloningor expressing the antibody-encoding vectors are well-known in the artand include prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Typically, afterexpression, the antibody may be isolated from cell paste in a solublefraction and further purified. In addition to prokaryotes, eukaryoticmicrobes such as filamentous fungi or yeast are suitable cloning orexpression hosts for antibody-encoding vectors, including fungi andyeast strains whose glycosylation pathways have been “humanized,”resulting in the production of an antibody with a partially or fullyhuman glycosylation pattern (see e.g., Gerngross, Nat. Biotech. 22:1409-1414 (2004), and Li et al., Nat. Biotech, 24:210-215 (2006)).

Suitable host cells for the expression of glycosylated anti-C©96antibodies of the present disclosure can also be derived frommulticellular organisms (invertebrates and vertebrates). Examples ofinvertebrate cells include plant and insect cells. Numerous baculoviralstrains have been identified which may be used in conjunction withinsect cells, particularly for transfection of Spodoptera frugiperdacells. Plant cell cultures can also be utilized as hosts (see, e.g.,U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,959,177, 6,040,498, 6,420,548, and 7,125,978

Examples of mammalian host cell lines useful for the production of theanti-CD96 antibodies of the present disclosure include Chinese hamsterovary (CHO) cells, including DHFR-CHO cells (see e.g., Urlaub et al.,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77:4216 (1980)); myeloma cell lines such asY0, NS0 and Sp2/0; monkey kidney CVI line transformed by SV40 (COS-7);human embryonic kidney line (293 or 293 cells as described, e.g., inGraham et al., J. Gen Virol. 36:59 (1977)); baby hamster kidney cells(BHK); mouse Sertoli cells (TM4 cells as described, e.g., in Mather,Biol. Reprod. 23:243-251 (1980)); monkey kidney cells (CVI); Africangreen monkey kidney cells (VERO-76); human cervical carcinoma cells(HFLA); canine kidney cells (MDCK; buffalo rat liver cells (BRL 3A);human lung cells (W138); human liver cells (Hep G2); mouse mammary tumor(MMT 060562); TR1 cells (see e.g., in Mather et al., Annals N Y. Acad.Sci. 383:44-68 (1982) and U.S. Pat. No. 6,235,498); Medical ResearchCouncil 5 (MRC 5) cells (such as e.g., those available from ATCC andalso referred to as CCL-171); and Foreskin 4 (FS-4) cells (see e.g., inVilcek et al. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci, 284:703-710 (1977), Gardner &Vilcek. J. Gen. Virol. 44:161-168 (1979), and Pang et al. Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci, U.S.A, 77:5341-5345 (1980)). For a general review of usefulmammalian host cell lines suitable for antibody production, see, e.g.,Yazaki and Wu, Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 248 (B.K.C. Lo, ed.,Humana Press, Totowa, N.J.), pp. 255-268 (2003).

V. Pharmaceutical Compositions and Formulations of Anti-CD96 Antibodies

The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions andpharmaceutical formulations comprising an anti-CD96 antibody. In someembodiments, the present disclosure provides a pharmaceuticalformulation comprising an anti-CD96 antibody as described herein and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, the anti-CD96antibody is the sole active agent of the pharmaceutical composition.Such pharmaceutical formulations can be prepared by mixing an anti-CD96antibody, having the desired degree of purity, with one or morepharmaceutically acceptable carriers. Typically, such antibodyformulations can be prepared as an aqueous solution (see e.g., U.S. Pat.No. 6,171,586, and WO2006/044908) or as a lyophilized formulation (seee.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,267,958).

Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are generally nontoxic torecipients at the dosages and concentrations employed. A wide range ofsuch pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are well-known in the art (seee.g., Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16th edition, Osol, A, Ed.(1980)). Exemplary pharmaceutically acceptable carriers useful in theformulations of the present disclosure can include, but are not limitedto: buffers such as phosphate, citrate, and other organic acids;antioxidants including ascorbic acid and methionine; preservatives (suchas octadecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride; hexamethonium chloride;benzalkonium chloride; benzethonium chloride; phenol, butyl or benzylalcohol; alkyl parabens such as methyl or propyl paraben; catechol;resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-pentanol; and m-cresol); low molecularweight (less than about 10 residues) polypeptides; proteins, such asserum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such aspolyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids such as glycine, glutamine,asparagine, histidine, arginine, or lysine; monosaccharides,disaccharides, and other carbohydrates including glucose, mannose, ordextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugars such as sucrose,mannitol, trehalose or sorbitol; salt-forming counter-ions such assodium; metal complexes (e.g., Zn-protein complexes); and/or non-ionicsurfactants such as polyethylene glycol (PEG).

Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers useful in the formulations of thepresent disclosure can also include interstitial drug dispersion agents,such as soluble neutral-active hyaluronidase glycoproteins (sHASEGP)(see e.g., US Pat. Publ. Nos. 2005/0260186 and 2006/0104968), such ashuman soluble PH-20 hyaluronidase glycoproteins (e.g., rHuPH20 orHYLENEX®, Baxter International, Inc.).

It is also contemplated that the formulations disclosed herein maycontain active ingredients in addition to the anti-CD96, as necessaryfor the particular indication being treated in the subject to whom theformulation is administered. Preferably, any additional activeingredient has activity complementary to that of the anti-CD96 antibodyactivity and the activities do not adversely affect each other.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises theanti-CD96 antibody and an additional active agent such as, but notlimited to, a checkpoint inhibitor. Checkpoint inhibitors useful in suchembodiments include, but are not limited to, a second antibodycomprising a specificity for an antigen that is an immune checkpointmolecule. In some embodiments, the second antibody comprises aspecificity for an immune checkpoint molecule selected from PD1, TIGIT,LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR,4-1BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A,TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R1, CD73, CD83, CD39,TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA.

In at least one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises ananti-CD96 antibody and an additional active agent, wherein theadditional active agent is an antibody comprising a specificity for animmune checkpoint molecule selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR,TIM-3, and CRTAM.

In at least one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprising ananti-CD96 antibody and an additional active agent, wherein theadditional active agent is an antibody comprising a specificity for theimmune checkpoint molecule PD1. Exemplary antibodies comprising aspecificity for PD1 that are useful in the pharmaceutical compositionembodiments disclosed herein include, but are not limited to,dostarlimab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and pidilizumab.

Active ingredients may be entrapped in microcapsules prepared, forexample, by coacervation techniques or by interfacial polymerization,for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules andpoly-(methylmethacylate) microcapsules, respectively, in colloidal drugdelivery systems (for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres,microemulsions, nano-particles and nanocapsules) or in macroemulsions.Such techniques are disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences16th edition, Osol, A. Ed. (1980).

In some embodiments, the formulation can be a sustained-releasepreparation of the antibody and/or other active ingredients. Suitableexamples of sustained-release preparations include semipermeablematrices of solid hydrophobic polymers containing the antibody, whichmatrices are in the form of shaped articles, e.g. films, ormicrocapsules.

Typically, the formulations of the present disclosure to be administeredto a subject are sterile. Sterile formulations may be readily preparedusing well-known techniques, e.g., by filtration through sterilefiltration membranes.

IV. Uses and Methods of Treatment

It is contemplated that any of the compositions or formulationscomprising an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure can be usedfor any methods or uses, such as in therapeutic methods that utilizetheir ability to specifically bind to CD96 and thereby inhibit,decrease, and/or fully block the function of CD96 as a cell surfacereceptor involved in immune regulation or signaling, particularly thefunction of CD96 in negatively regulating (or inhibiting) T cell or NKcell activation.

The cell surface receptor CD155 is the natural target antigen of CD96.Expression of CD155 on cells is understood to be induced by stress, andCD155 levels are affect the activation, by CD226, or the inhibition, byCD96 or TIGIT, of lymphocytes in mounting an immune response (e.g.,activation of T cells and/or NK cells). Accordingly, it is contemplatedthat the anti-CD96 antibodies can be used in therapeutic methods thatinvolve inhibiting, decreasing, and/or fully blocking the specificbinding of CD96 to CD155.

CD226, another cell surface receptor in Ig superfamily which has astructure closely related to CD96, also binds CD155. CD226, however,functions to activate T cells or NK cells. Thus, without intending to belimited by any specific mechanism, the ability of the anti-CD96antibodies of the present disclosure to block CD96 binding to CD155, mayallow increased CD155 binding to CD226, which further results inincreased CD226 activation of T cells and NK cells. In addition, withoutbeing bound by theory, a secondary affinity for CD226 of an anti-CD96antibody may cause the antibody to act as an enhancer of CD226-triggeredcellular activity, preventing CD226 from interacting with TIGIT,increase the effective local concentration of the antibody with respectto cells expressing both CD96 and CD226, or some combination thereof.Accordingly, it is further contemplated that the anti-CD96 antibodies ofthe present disclosure can be used in any therapeutic methods thatutilize increased activation of T cells and NK cells.

There are a range of diseases, disorders, and conditions that canpotentially be treated by inhibiting, decreasing, and/or fully blockingthe immune regulatory and/or immune signaling activity of CD96,particularly, the immune inhibitory effect of CD96 on lymphocyteactivation. The range of diseases, disorders, and conditions include,but are not limited to, cancers and viral infections.

For example, agents that block the immune inhibitory effects of certainproteins (e.g., PD1, TIGIT) are currently under development to treat awide range of cancers including adrenal gland cancer, bladder cancer,brain cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, EGJadenocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, gall bladder cancer, gastric cancer,head and neck cancer, heart cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, kidneycancer, liver cancer, melanoma, mesothelioma, non-small cell lungcancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, spleencancer, small cell lung cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, anduterine cancer. Accordingly, it is contemplated that any of thecompositions or formulations comprising an anti-CD96 antibody of thepresent disclosure can be used for a method or use for the treatment ofany of the above-listed cancers. In some embodiments, the cancer isselected from lung cancer, skin cancer (e.g., melanoma), pancreaticcancer, endometrial cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, ovariancancer, and bladder cancer. In some embodiments, the present disclosureprovides a method of treating cancer in a subject, the method comprisingadministering to the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure oradministering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD96 antibody of thepresent disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the present disclosure provides amethod of treating a pathogenic infection in a subject, the methodcomprising administering to the subject in need thereof atherapeutically effective amount of an anti-CD96 antibody of the presentdisclosure or administering to a subject a therapeutically effectiveamount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD96 antibodyof the present disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Itis contemplated that any of the compositions or formulations comprisingan anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure can be used for such amethod for the treatment of a pathogenic infection, including, but notlimited to an infection by one or more of the following clinicallyrelevant pathogens: Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter lwoffii,Acinetobacter spp. (incl. MDR), Actinomycetes, Adenovirus, Aeromonasspp., Alcaligenes faecalis, Alcaligenes spp./Achromobacter spp.,Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Arbovirus, Aspergillus spp.,Astrovirus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis,Bacteroides fragilis, Bartonella quintana, Bordetella pertussis,Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia recurrentis, Brevundimonas diminuta,Brevundimonas vesicularis, Brucella spp., Burkholderia cepacia (incl.MDR), Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Campylobacterjejuni/coli, Candida albicans, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Chlamydia pneumoniae, Chlamydia psittaci,Chlamydia trachomatis, Citrobacter spp., Clostridium botulinum,Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium tetani,Coronavirus (incl. SARS- and MERS-CoV), Corynebacterium diphtheriae,Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Corynebacterium spp.,Corynebacterium ulcerans, Coxiella burnetii, Coxsackievirus,Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Cryptococcus neoformans,Cryptosporidium hominis, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclosporacayetanensis, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Dengue virus, Ebola virus,Echovirus, Entamoeba histolytica, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobactercloacae (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Enterococcus faecalis (incl. VRE),Enterococcus faecium (incl. VRE), Enterococcus hirae, Epidermophytonspp., Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Escherichia coli (incl. EHEC, EPEC,ETEC, EIEC, EAEC, ESBL/MRGN, DAEC), Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV),Francisella tularensis, Giardia lamblia, Haemophilus influenzae,Hantavirus, Helicobacter pylori, Helminths (Worms), Hepatitis A virus(HAV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Hepatitis Dvirus, Hepatitis E virus, Herpes simplex virus (HSV), Histoplasmacapsulatum, Human enterovirus 71, Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), Humanherpesvirus 7 (HHV-7), Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), Humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human metapneumovirus, Humanpapillomavirus (HPV), Influenza virus, Klebsiella granulomatis,Klebsiella oxytoca (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Klebsiella pneumoniae MDR (incl.ESBL/MRGN), Lassa virus, Leclercia adecarboxylata, Legionellapneumophila, Leishmania spp., Leptospira interrogans, Leuconostocpseudomesenteroides, Listeria monocytogenes, Marburg virus, Measlesvirus, Micrococcus luteus, Microsporum spp., Molluscipoxvirus,Morganella spp., Mumps virus, Mycobacterium chimaera Myco, Mycobacteriumleprae Myco, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (incl. MDR), Mycoplasmagenitalium, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseriagonorrhoeae, Norovirus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Pantoea agglomerans,Parainfluenza virus, Parvovirus, Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculushumanus corporis, Plasmodium spp., Pneumocystis jiroveci, Poliovirus,Polyomavirus, Proteus mirabilis (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Proteus vulgaris,Providencia rettgeri, Providencia stuartii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Pseudomonas spp., Rabies virus, Ralstonia spp., Respiratory syncytialvirus (RSV), Rhinovirus, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia typhi,Roseomonas gilardii, Rotavirus, Rubella virus, Salmonella enteritidis,Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella spp., Salmonella typhimurium, Sarcoptesscabiei (Itch mite), Sapovirus, Serratia marcescens (incl. ESBL/MRGN),Shigella sonnei, Sphingomonas species, Staphylococcus aureus (incl.MRSA, VRSA), Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus epidermidis (incl.MRSE), Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus hominis,Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus,Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcuspyogenes (incl. PRSP), Streptococcus spp., TBE virus, Toxoplasma gondii,Treponema pallidum, Trichinella spiralis, Trichomonas vaginalis,Trichophyton spp., Trichosporon spp., Trypanosoma brucei gambiense,Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Vaccinia virus,Varicella zoster virus (VSV), Variola virus, Vibrio cholerae, West Nilevirus (WNV), Yellow fever virus, Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersiniapestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Zika virus, and the like.

In at least one embodiment, a composition or formulation comprising ananti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure can be used for a method oruse for the treatment of a viral infection, wherein the virus isselected from Adenovirus, Arbovirus, Astrovirus, Chikungunya virus(CHIKV), Coronavirus (incl. SARS- and MERS-CoV), Crimean-Congohaemorrhagic fever virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Dengue virus, Ebolavirus, Echovirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV), Hantavirus, Hepatitis A virus (HAV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV),Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Hepatitis D virus, Hepatitis E virus, Herpessimplex virus (HSV), Human enterovirus 71, Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6),Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7), Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), Humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human metapneumovirus, Humanpapillomavirus (HPV), Influenza virus, Marburg virus, Measles virus,Mumps virus. Norovirus, Parainfluenza virus, Parvovirus, Poliovirus,Polyomavirus, Rabies virus, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),Rhinovirus, Rotavirus, Rubella virus, Sapovirus, TBE virus, Vacciniavirus, Varicella zoster virus (VSV), Variola virus, West Nile virus(WNV), Yellow fever virus, and Zika virus.

As disclosed herein, including in the Examples below, the anti-CD96antibodies of the present disclosure have the ability to decrease,inhibit, and/or block CD96 binding to CD155, and thereby alter CD155interaction with the immune signaling pathways mediated by CD226 andTIGIT. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the present disclosure providesa method of treating a CD96-mediated disease or condition in a subject,the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeuticallyeffective amount of an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure oradministering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD96 antibodyof the present disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.Similarly, in some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a methodof treating a disease mediated by binding to CD155 expressed on cells ina subject, the method comprising administering to the subject, themethod comprising administering to the subject a therapeuticallyeffective amount of an anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure oradministering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD96 antibodyof the present disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Administration of the anti-CD96 antibody, composition, or pharmaceuticalformulation in accordance with the method of treatment provides anantibody-induced therapeutic effect that protects the subject fromand/or treats the progression of a CD96-mediated disease in a subject.In some embodiments, the method of treatment can further compriseadministration of one or more additional therapeutic agents ortreatments known to those of skill in the art to prevent and/or treatthe CD96-mediated disease or condition. Such methods comprisingadministration of one or more additional agents can encompass combinedadministration (where two or more therapeutic agents are included in thesame or separate formulations), and separate administration, in whichcase, administration of the antibody composition or formulation canoccur prior to, simultaneously, and/or following, administration of theadditional therapeutic agent.

In some embodiments of the methods of treatment of the presentdisclosure, the anti-CD96 antibody or pharmaceutical formulationcomprising an anti-CD96 antibody is administered to a subject by anymode of administration that delivers the agent systemically, or to adesired target tissue. Systemic administration generally refers to anymode of administration of the antibody into a subject at a site otherthan directly into the desired target site, tissue, or organ, such thatthe antibody or formulation thereof enters the subject's circulatorysystem and, thus, is subject to metabolism and other like processes.

Accordingly, modes of administration useful in the methods of treatmentof the present disclosure can include, but are not limited to,injection, infusion, instillation, and inhalation. Administration byinjection can include intravenous, intramuscular, intraarterial,intrathecal, intraventricular, intracapsular, intraorbital,intracardiac, intradermal, intraperitoneal, transtracheal, subcutaneous,subcuticular, intraarticular, subcapsular, subarachnoid, intraspinal,intracerebro spinal, and intrasternal injection and infusion.

In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical formulation of the anti-CD96antibody is formulated such that the antibody is protected frominactivation in the gut. Accordingly, the method of treatments cancomprise oral administration of the formulation.

In some embodiments, use of the compositions or formulations comprisingan anti-CD96 antibody of the present disclosure as a medicament are alsoprovided. Additionally, in some embodiments, the present disclosure alsoprovides for the use of a composition or a formulation comprising ananti-CD96 antibody in the manufacture or preparation of a medicament,particularly a medicament for treating, preventing or inhibiting aCD96-mediated disease. In a further embodiment, the medicament is foruse in a method for treating, preventing or inhibiting a CD96-mediateddisease comprising administering to an individual having a CD96-mediateddisease an effective amount of the medicament. In certain embodiments,the medicament further comprises an effective amount of at least oneadditional therapeutic agent, or treatment. Exemplary additionaltherapeutic agents or treatments that can be used in such medicamentscan include but are not limited to an antibody comprising a specificityfor an immune checkpoint molecule such as PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR,TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40,CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33,CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R1, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, andVISTA. In at least one embodiment, the additional therapeutic agent ortreatment present in a medicament of the present disclosure is anantibody comprising a specificity for the immune checkpoint moleculePD1, including but not limited to an antibody selected from dostarlimab,pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and pidilizumab.

In a further embodiment, the medicament is for use in treating,inhibiting or preventing a CD96-mediated disease in a subject comprisingadministering to the subject an amount effective of the medicament totreat, inhibit or prevent the CD96-mediated disease.

For the prevention or treatment of a CD96-mediated disease or condition,the appropriate dosage of the anti-CD96 antibody contained in thecompositions and formulations of the present disclosure (when used aloneor in combination with one or more other additional therapeutic agents)will depend on the specific disease or condition being treated, theseverity and course of the disease, whether the antibody is administeredfor preventive or therapeutic purposes, the previous therapyadministered to the patient, the patient's clinical history and responseto the antibody, and the discretion of the attending physician. Theanti-CD96 antibody included in the compositions and formulationsdescribed herein, can be suitably administered to the patient at onetime, or over a series of treatments. Various dosing schedules includingbut not limited to single or multiple administrations over varioustime-points, bolus administration, and pulse infusion are contemplatedherein.

Depending on the type and severity of the disease, about 1 μg/kg to 15mg/kg of anti-CD96 antibody in a formulation of the present disclosureis an initial candidate dosage for administration to a human subject,whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations, or bycontinuous infusion. Generally, the administered dosage of the antibodywould be in the range from about 0.05 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg. In someembodiments, one or more doses of about 0.5 mg/kg, 2.0 mg/kg, 4.0 mg/kgor 10 mg/kg (or any combination thereof) may be administered to apatient.

Dosage administration can be maintained over several days or longer,depending on the condition of the subject, for example, administrationcan continue until the CD96-mediated disease is sufficiently treated, asdetermined by methods known in the art. In some embodiments, an initialhigher loading dose may be administered, followed by one or more lowerdoses. However, other dosage regimens may be useful. The progress of thetherapeutic effect of dosage administration can be monitored byconventional techniques and assays.

Accordingly, in some embodiments of the methods of the presentdisclosure, the administration of the anti-CD96 antibody comprises adaily dosage from about 1 mg/kg to about 100 mg/kg. In some embodiments,the dosage of anti-CD96 antibody comprises a daily dosage of at leastabout 1 mg/kg, at least about 5 mg/kg, at least about 10 mg/kg, at leastabout 20 mg/kg, or at least about 30 mg/kg.

EXAMPLES

Various features and embodiments of the disclosure are illustrated inthe following representative examples, which are intended to beillustrative, and not limiting. Those skilled in the art will readilyappreciate that the specific examples are only illustrative of theinvention as described more fully in the claims which follow thereafter.Every embodiment and feature described in the application should beunderstood to be interchangeable and combinable with every embodimentcontained within.

Example 1: Generation of CD96 Polypeptides

This example illustrates the preparation of the various CD96 polypeptideconstructs used as antigens in eliciting and screening the anti-CD96antibodies of the present disclosure.

The extracellular domains of human (hu), cynomolgus monkey (cy) andrhesus monkey (rh) CD96 isoform 2 were produced recombinantly asfull-length ECD or truncated (D1-D2-D3 Ig-like domains, referred to asD1 D3, and D1-Ig-like domain only, referred to as D1) forms. The isoform2 (short form) of CD96 was reported to be the predominant form in vivo(Meyer et al, (2009)). The extracellular domain of human CD155 was alsoproduced recombinantly. The amino acid sequence boundaries of theexpression constructs are provided in Table 1. All constructs had thefollowing C-terminal TEV-Fc-FLAG tag sequence for purification anddetection purposes: GGGGSENLYFQGGGGS-[human IgG1 Fc]-DYKDDDDK (SEQ IDNO: 475).

CD96-Fc fusion proteins were expressed in ExpiCHO cells (Thermo FisherScientific, Waltham, Mass., USA) according to the manufacturer'sprotocol. The CD155-Fc fusion protein was expressed in Expi293 cells(Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., USA) according to themanufacturer's protocol. After harvest the clarified supernatant wasapplied to MabSelectSuRe protein A columns (GE Healthcare, Chicago,Ill., USA) equilibrated in TBS buffer (20 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl,0.02% NaN₃). Proteins were eluted with a 10CV of elution buffer (20 mMCitrate pH 2.95, 150 mM NaCl). Protein containing fractions were pooledand loaded onto Superdex 200 Increase columns (GE Healthcare, Chicago,Ill., USA) equilibrated in HBS (25 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl). Peakfractions containing monodisperse protein were pooled and stored in HBS.

For some applications, the Fc tag was removed from the CD96 fusionproteins by cleavage with TEV protease (ATUM) according to themanufacturer's protocol. The cleavage products were applied toMabSelectSuRe protein A and HisTrap FF crude columns (GE Healthcare,Chicago, Ill., USA) equilibrated in TBS (20 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl,0.02% NaN3) to remove Fc and His-tagged TEV protease, respectively. Theflow-through containing CD96 proteins was applied to Superdex 200Increase columns equilibrated in HBS (25 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl).Peak fractions containing monodisperse protein were pooled and stored inHBS.

For some applications, recombinant hu-CD96 (M1-M503—polyHis) andCD155-Fc (M1-N343—hIgG1 Fc) were purchased from ThermoFisher Scientific(Waltham, Mass., USA).

Example 2: Generation of Anti-Hu-CD96 Antibodies Using HybridomaMethods, Screening and Characterization

This example illustrates the methods using mouse hybridoma technology togenerate anti-hu-CD96 antibodies, and methods to screen and selectantibodies for further characterization.

Immunizations and fusions: Balb/c, Swiss Webster, and C57BL/6 mice wereimmunized with recombinant extracellular domains of human, cynomolgusmonkey, or rhesus monkey CD96 produced in-house or purchasedcommercially as described in Example 1. The adjuvant Magic Mouse(Creative Diagnostics, Shirley, N.Y.) was used for all immunizations.Titers were determined by ELISA as described below. Mice selected basedon their titers were given a final pre-fusion boost without adjuvant.One day later, spleens were harvested and processed according tostandard protocols. Splenocytes were fused with myeloma cellsP3X63Ag8.653 cells (American Type Culture Collection CRL 1580) using PEGand following standard protocols and plated into 96-well plates atapproximately 50,000 myeloma cells/well using standard techniques tomaximize clonality of the resulting colonies. Parental hybridomas wereselected using selection medium supplemented with AH(Azaserine+Hypoxanthine).

ELISA assays: After 12-14 days of culture, supernatants were collectedand subjected to primary screening by ELISA with 96 well plates coatedwith human and sometimes cynomolgous monkey CD96 extracellular domain.96-well MAXISORP® flat bottom plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham,Mass.; catalogue number 439454) were coated overnight at 4° C. with 50μl/well of protein at a concentration of 1 pg/mL or 0.5 pg/mL in coatingbuffer (0.05 M sodium bicarbonate buffer, pH 9.6 or phosphate bufferedsaline, PBS). After removing the coating solution, unspecific bindingwas blocked by addition of 200 μL of assay/blocking solution containing1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) pH 7.4(ELISA diluent) and incubation at room temperature for one hour withagitation or overnight at 4° C. without agitation. Plates were thenwashed three times with 300 μL of PBS, 0.05% TWEEN®-20 (wash buffer).100 μL of culture supernatant from individual hybridoma clones (orpurified antibodies at the indicated concentration) was added toindividual wells followed by incubation at room temperature for one hourwith agitation. Plates were washed three times with wash buffer, then 50μL/well of goat anti-mouse IgG Fc HRP (Bethyl Laboratories, Montgomery,Tex., USA; catalogue number A90-131P) at 1:3000 dilution or goatanti-mouse IgG (H+L) HRP (Jackson ImmunoResearch, Inc., West Grove Pa.,USA; catalogue number 109-035-088) at 1:10000 dilution in ELISA diluentwas added. The plate was incubated at room temperature for one hour withagitation, washed six times with wash buffer and developed for 3-10minutes by addition of 50 μL/well of tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)microwell peroxidase substrate (Scytek Laboratories, Inc., Logan, Utah,USA; catalogue number TM1999). Enzymatic color development was stoppedby acidification with 50 μL/well of 2N H₂SO₄ (Sigma-Aldrich Corporation,St. Louis, Mo., USA; catalogue number 258105). Plates were analyzed witha SpectraMax i3X plate reader (Molecular Devices LLC, San Jose, Calif.,USA) at 450 nm.

The parental hybridoma hits identified from the primary screen wereexpanded to 24-well plates and a confirmatory ELISA was run followingthe primary screen protocol except that reduced coating antigen densityof 0.1 pg/mL was sometimes used, to further confirm and screen forstrong anti-hu/anti-cy CD96 binders.

Receptor blocking assay of hybridoma hits: The supernatants of thehybridoma hits identified in the primary screen were also tested fortheir ability to block human CD155 and CD96 biochemical binding. 96-wellMAXISORP® flat bottom plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass.;Cat #439454) were coated overnight at 4° C. with 1 pg/mL goat anti-humanFc (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass.; Cat #PA1-85606) in 50μL/well in coating buffer (100 mM sodium bicarbonate, pH 9.4, in PBS).After removing the coating solution, unspecific binding was blocked byPBS containing 5% normal mouse serum (blocking buffer) and incubation atroom temperature for one hour. Plates were then washed five times with300 μL of PBS with 0.05% TWEEN®-20 (wash buffer) and added 500 ng/mLhuman CD155-hFc in 50 pg/well in PBS containing 1% BSA and 0.02%TWEEN®-20 (assay buffer) at room temperature for one hour. Duringblocking period, 50 ul/well of 100 nM or 50 nM hu-CD96-his and hybridomasupernatant of 50 ul/well in assay buffer were incubated at roomtemperature for one hour in Nunc F plate (Thermo Fisher Scientific,Waltham, Mass.; Cat #269620). Then antigen-antibody mix solution 80ul/well was transferred into antigen coated wells at room temperaturefor one hour. Plates were washed five times with wash buffer, then 50μL/well mouse anti-His-HRP (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass.;Cat #A16090) in assay buffer was added at room temperature for one hourwith agitation, washed five times with wash buffer and developed for3-10 minutes with 50 μL/well of tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) microwellperoxidase substrate (VWR/Avantor, Radnor, Pa., USA; Cat #95059-156).Enzymatic color development was stopped with 50 μL/well of TMB stopsolution (VWR/Avantor, Radnor, Pa., USA; Cat #95059-200). Plates wereanalyzed with a SpectraMax i3X plate reader (Molecular Devices LLC, SanJose, Calif., USA) at 450 nm. Parental hybridomas with the desired humanand cy-CD96 binding as well as ability to block CD155 and CD96 bindingwere prioritized for subcloning and further characterization. Subcloningwas carried out with limited dilution and visual inspection wasperformed to ensure clonality. Hybridoma subclones were screened withthe same binding and blocking assays and selected positive hits werecryopreserved.

Purification of hybridoma antibodies: Subclones were confirmed byprimary screen antigen binding ELISA. Positive clones were scaled-up to30 mL cultures in serum free medium and the antibodies were purified asfollows. Supernatant media were clarified by centrifugation at 300 g for10 min to remove cells and by filtration with 0.22 micron filter.Clarified supernatant media was mixed with POROS MabCapture A resin(Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass.) equilibrated with PBS bufferand incubated with gentle rotation for 1.5 h at room temperature. Afterincubation, the slurry was loaded into a column and the resin was washedwith 20 column volumes of PBS buffer containing 0.5 M NaCl then elutedwith 3 column volumes of 0.1 M acetic acid, 0.15 M NaCl. The eluent wasquickly neutralized to pH5.2 with 1M MOPS, pH7.0 and buffer exchanged toPBS buffer with PD-10 column (GE Healthcare, Chicago, Ill., USA).

CD96 binding of purified hybridoma antibodies: The hu-CD96 and cy-CD96antigen binding ELISA was performed on the purified hybridomaantibodies. Briefly, 96-well MAXISORP® flat bottom plates (Thermo FisherScientific, Waltham, Mass.; Cat #439454) were coated overnight at 4° C.with 0.5 pg/mL of hu-CD96D1 D3-hFc and cynomolgus monkey CD96D1 D3-hFcin PBS. After removing the coating solution, unspecific binding wasblocked by PBS containing 1% bovine serum albumin (blocking buffer) andincubation at room temperature for one hour. Plates were then washedthree times with PBS and 0.05% TWEEN®-20 (wash buffer). Serial dilutionof purified antibodies in PBS containing 0.5% BSA and 0.05% Tween 20(ELISA buffer) was added to individual wells followed by incubation atroom temperature for one hour with agitation. Plates were washed threetimes with wash buffer, then 100 μL/well of anti-mouse IgG-HRP (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass.; Cat #626520) in ELISA buffer wasadded. The plate was incubated at room temperature for one hour withagitation, washed six times with wash buffer and developed for 3-10minutes by addition of 50 μL/well of tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)microwell peroxidase substrate (VWR/Avantor, Radnor, Pa., USA; Cat#95059-156). Enzymatic color development was stopped with 50 μL/well ofTMB stop solution (VWR/Avantor, Radnor, Pa., USA; Cat #95059-200).Plates were analyzed with a SpectraMax i3X plate reader (MolecularDevices LLC, San Jose, Calif., USA) at 450 nm. The CD96 binding EC₅₀values are summarized in Table 3 (below).

TABLE 3 Antigen binding ELISA for anti-CD96 purified hybridomaantibodies hu-CD96 Binding cy-CD96 Binding Hybridoma EC₅₀ (nM) EC₅₀ (nM)12F8 0.25 ~10 10H5 0.05 >100 1G8 0.072 No binding 16D9 0.05 No binding9H4 0.24 No binding 7E5 0.06 0.53 10G1 0.03 0.2 NK92.39 0.98 No binding14D3 0.2 0.6

CD155 receptor blocking of purified hybridoma antibodies: Human CD155blocking ELISA was performed on purified hybridoma antibodies followingthe same protocol as described for CD96 (above), except that serialdilution of purified antibodies 50 μL/well (starting at 1 μM, 1:5dilution) in assay buffer was added into the reaction. The blocking IC₅₀value represents the antibody concentration that inhibited 50% ofhu-CD96 binding to coated human CD155 and is summarized in Table 4(below).

TABLE 4 Human CD155 Blocking ELISA for purified hybridoma antibodiesBlocking ELISA Hybridoma IC₅₀ (nM) 12F8 0.95 10H5 0.958 1G8 0.883 16D91.063 9H4 2.23 7E5 2.15 10G1 2.59 NK92.39 2.57 14D3 No blocking

As shown by the results in Tables 3 and 4 above, 14D3 is an antibodythat binds hu-CD96 well but does not block the CD155 and CD96interaction. Also, as is shown in Example 4 below, 14D3 does not bindthe CD96 D1 domain. It is included herein as an example of CD96 binder,but non-blocker control antibody.

Sequencing of Purified Hybridoma Antibodies

Monoclonal anti-CD96 hybridoma hits were grown to a density of 1-3×10⁵in standard hybridoma medium (DMEM/F12, 10% FBS, 1% Glutamax, 1%pen/strep) for 7-10 days in a T75 flask with >80% viability. 1-3 millioncells from cultures were pelleted in a 15 mL falcon tube at 300 g for 5min. Pelleted cells were washed by resuspending cells in 5 mL ice coldPBS. PBS was removed and cells were resuspended in 1 mL of TRIZOLreagent (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., USA). The lysate waspassed through a 1 mL syringe with a 20G1 gauge needle (BD 305175) 20times to ensure lysis of the cells. TRIZOL/cell suspension wasimmediately frozen on dry ice and stored at −80° C. until processing.Total RNA was isolated from the lysate using Direct-zol RNA MiniprepPlus kit (Zymo Research, Irvine, Calif., USA) and 5 pg of total RNA wasused to generate 5′-RACE-ready hybridoma cDNA using SMARTer RACE 5′ kit(Takara Bio, Japan).

To amplify heavy chain and light chain specific gene fragments from thecDNA, the following mouse variable region primers were used: (i) V_(H)region specific primers:

(i) V_(H) region specific primers: (SEQ ID NO: 476)TCTTGTCCACCTTGGTGCTGCTGGCCGG, and (SEQ ID NO: 477)TTTGTCCACCGTGGTGCTGCTGGCTGGT; (ii) V_(kappa) region specific primer:(SEQ ID NO: 478) GATCAGTCCAACTGTTCAGGACGCC; and(iii) V_(lambda) region specific primers: (SEQ ID NO: 479)ACACTCAGCACGGGACAAACTCTTCTCCACAGT, (SEQ ID NO: 480)ACACTCTGCAGGAGACAGACTCTTTTCCACAGT,  and (SEQ ID NO: 481)ACACTCAGCACGGGACAAACTCTTCTCCACATG.

The region-specific primers were used in conjunction with universalprimer provided in the kit in 5′-RACE PCR reactions. PCR products werepurified and cloned into pRACE using an In-Fusion cloning kit (TakaraBio, Japan) and both strands were sequenced using Sanger sequencing withM13 forward and M13 reverse primers. The variable domain sequences ofanti-CD96 hybridomas are summarized in Table 2 and provided in theattached Sequence Listing.

The variable sequences of the antibodies of clone 12F8.12B5 (alsoreferred to herein as “12F8”) and clone 10G1.3G8 (also referred toherein as “10G1”) were used to recombinantly produce mouse humanchimeric antibodies. Human IgG1 Fc with a N297G mutation was used toengineer these chimeric antibodies. The N297G mutation removes FcgRbinding and the effector function of the antibody. Effector-lessfunction of the anti-hu-CD96 antibodies can be critical for anti-tumorefficacy in binding to CD96 expressed on cytotoxic T cells and NK cells.The chimeric 12F8 and chimeric 10G1 antibodies were tested in CD96 ELISAbinding assay and showed very similar properties as purified hybridomaantibodies, thereby further validating the HVR sequences.

Based on their superior properties in the above-described assays, thepurified anti-hu-CD96 antibodies derived from hybridoma 12F8 and 10G1were selected for humanization and further affinity maturation asdescribed in the Examples below.

Example 3: Preparation of Humanized Versions of 12F8 and 10G1

This example illustrates the preparation of humanized versions of themurine anti-hu-CD96 derived from the hybridomas 12F8 and 10G1.

Humanization of Murine Anti-Hu-CD96 “mAb1”

As shown by the sequence alignments depicted in FIG. 1 , the light chainvariable region (V_(L)) and heavy chain variable region (V_(H))sequences of murine antibody 12F8 were aligned against human germlineantibody sequences, and the human germline kappa light chain (Gene ID—Vgene: IGKV1-9*01, J gene: IGKJ2*01) and the human germline heavy chain(Gene ID—V gene: IGHV1-46*01, J gene: IGHJ4*03) were identified as theclosest human frameworks.

HVRs of murine 12F8 light chain and heavy chain were grafted into theidentified closest human frameworks respectively to generate thehumanized antibody clone (also referred to herein as “mAb1”). In theprocess of humanization, six different versions of the mAb1 heavy chainwere generated (versions mAb1.v1-mAb1.v5 and mAb1.v7), where differentmouse framework residues were retained with the goal to minimize mouseresidues while maintaining hu-CD96 binding. The variable domain aminoacid sequences of the humanized antibodies, mAb1.v1-mAb1.v5 and mAb1.v7,are summarized in Table 2 and the attached Sequence Listing.

Humanization of Murine Anti-Hu-CD96 “10G1”

As shown by the sequence alignments depicted in FIG. 2 , the light chainvariable region (V_(L)) and heavy chain variable region (V_(H))sequences of murine antibody from hybridoma 10G1 (also referred to as“10G1”) were aligned against human germline antibody sequences, and thehuman germline kappa light chain (Gene ID—V gene: IGKV6D-21*02, J gene:IGKJ4*02) and the human germline heavy chain (Gene ID—V gene:IGHV7-4-1*02, J gene: IGHJ4*03) were identified as the closest humanframeworks.

HVRs of murine 10G1 light chain and heavy chain were grafted into theidentified closest human frameworks respectively to generate humanizedantibody clone (also referred to as “h10G1”). In this process, positions24-34, 50-56, and 89-97 of murine 10G1 V_(L) were grafted to the humankappa light chain framework acceptor, and positions 31-35, 50-65, and95-102 of murine 10G1 V_(H) were grafted to the human heavy chainframework acceptor.

Position 4 in light chain framework region 1 (FW-L1), position 43 inlight chain framework region 2 (FW-L2), position 58 in light chainframework region 3 (FW-L3), position 2 in heavy chain framework region 1(FW-H1), position 28 in heavy chain framework region 1 (FW-H1) andposition 91 in heavy chain framework region 3 (FW-H3) of murine 10G1were also grafted into the human kappa light chain and heavy chainframework acceptors as those positions were found to be part of VH-VLinteracting interface or the framework residues acting as “Vernier”zone, which may adjust HVR structure and fine-tune to fit to antigen;Foote et al., 1992).

The variable domain sequences of the humanized antibody, h10G1 issummarized in Table 2 and the attached Sequence Listing.

Generation of Recombinant IgG Versions of mAb1.v7 and h10G1

The heavy and light chain variable domain of mAb1.v7 and h10G1 weresynthesized and cloned into pRK plasmid. The expression of recombinantmAb1.v7 and humanized 10G1 IgGs were performed using Expi293F expressionsystem (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) in accordance with theinstruction provided. The ratio of the plasmids for the heavy chain andthe light chain was kept at 1 to 1 for the transfection reaction and thetransfected cells were cultured for 6 days before harvest.

Recombinant IgG molecules were purified with the following protocols.Supernatant media were clarified by centrifugation at 300 g for 10 minto remove cells and by filtration with 0.22 μm filter. Clarifiedsupernatant media were mixed with POROS MabCapture A resin (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., USA) equilibrated with PBS buffer andincubated with gentle rotation for 1.5 h at room temperature. Afterincubation, the slurry was loaded into a column and the resin was washedwith 20 column volumes of PBS buffer containing 0.5M NaCl then elutedwith 3 column volumes of 0.1 M acetic acid, 0.15 M NaCl. The pH of theeluent was quickly adjusted to pH 5.2 with 1 M MOPS, pH 7.0 and bufferexchanged into to PBS buffer with PD-10 column (GE Healthcare).

Non-Specific Binding Assessment of mAb1.v7 and h10G1 IgG

Non-specific binding of mAb1.v7 and humanized 10G1 IgGs were assessedusing baculovirus ELISA (see e.g., Hotzel et al., 2012). Briefly,baculovirus particles were coated on 96-well Maxisorp plates at a 2.5%suspension in 50 mM sodium carbonate buffer pH 9.6 at 4° C. forovernight. The plates were then blocked in PBS with 0.5% BSA (blockingbuffer) at room temperature for one hour. Serial dilution of mAb1.v7 andh10G1 IgGs in PBS were added to the plates for an hour and plate waswashed with PBS six times. Bound antibodies were detected with goatanti-human IgG conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (JacksonImmunoResearch) in PBS. The plate was incubated at room temperature forone hour with agitation, washed six times with PBS and developed for3-10 minutes by addition of 50 μL/well of tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)microwell peroxidase substrate (VWR, Cat #95059-156). Enzymatic colordevelopment was stopped with 50 μL/well of TMB stop solution (VWR, Cat#95059-200). Plates were analyzed with a SpectraMax i3X plate reader(Molecular Devices) at 450 nm and compared to reference antibodies. BothmAb1.v7 and h10G1 IgGs showed no detectable BV ELISA signal, indicatingabsence of non-specific binding to baculovirus particles.

Binding Affinities of Recombinant mAb1.v7 and h10G1

SPR measurement with a BIACORE™ 8K instrument was performed to determinethe monovalent binding affinity of mAb1.v7 and h10G1 IgG to hu-CD96,cy-CD96, and mo-CD96. Briefly, antibodies were diluted at 0.5 pg/mL inHBS-P buffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.005% Surfactant P20)and applied to the Protein A chip at 30 μL/min flow rate for 60 s inflow cell 2 (FC2). Then 3-fold serial dilutions of hu-CD96, cy-CD96, ormo-CD96 in HBS-P buffer (0.01M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15M NaCl, 0.005%surfactant P20) from (0.4 nM) to high (100 nM) were injected (flow rate:30 μL/min) at 25° C. to both flow cell 1 (FC1) and flow cell 2 (FC2).The sensorgram was recorded and subject to reference and buffersubtraction before evaluating by BIACORE® 8K Evaluation Software(version 1.1.1.7442). Association rates (k_(on)) and dissociation rates(k_(off)) were calculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir bindingmodel. The equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) was calculated asthe ratio of k_(off)/k_(on) and summarized in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Binding affinity of mAb1.v7, h10G1 and NK92.39 to CD96 antigenshu-CD96 cy-CD96 mo-CD96 IgG K_(D) (nM) K_(D) (nM) K_(D) (nM) mAb1.v74.49 ~1000 ~386 h10G1 1.17 0.74 No binding NK92.39¹ 14.3 No binding Nobinding ¹NK92.39 is a commercially available antibody (Biolegend catalog# 338405) that was previously described (Fuchs et al., 2004).

Example 4: Epitope Mapping of mAb1.v7 and h10G1

Epitope Binning

The CD155-blocking anti-CD96 antibodies described here were determinedby epitope binning to recognize 3 distinct epitopes on CD96. mAb1.v7 andh10G1 were determined to bind distinct but overlapping CD155-blockingepitopes on CD96. Antibodies 1G8, 10H5, 16D9 and NK92.39 share anepitope bin with 10G1, while 9H4 binds an epitope on CD96 that overlapswith that of h10G1 but not with that of mAb1.v7.

Epitope binning experiments were performed on a OctetRed96 by capturingantibody 1 on anti-Fc Octet sensors (ForteBio), binding CD96D1 D3, andsubsequently probing with antibody 2. If antibody 2 was capable ofbinding antibody 1-bound CD96D1 D3 then the two antibodies were assignedto different bins. If antibody 2 was unable to bind antibody 1-boundCD96D1 D3 then the two antibodies were assigned to the same epitope bin.Table 6 shows the epitope binning results.

TABLE 6 Epitope binning of anti-CD96 antibodies Antibody mAb1.v7 9H4Nk92.39 h10G1 1G8 7E5 14D3 PBST mAb1.v7 − + − − − + + − 9H4 + − − −− + + − Nk92.39 − − − − − + + − h10G1 − − − − − + + − 1G8 − − − − − + +− 7E5 + + + + + − + − 14D3 + + + + + + − −

Domain Binding Site Mapping

mAb1.v7 and h10G1 were determined to bind the D1 domain of CD96. Epitopemapping experiments were performed on an OctetRed96 by capturing theantibodies on anti-Fc Octet sensors (ForteBio) and testing their bindingto recombinant huCD96D1-Fc and huCD96D1D3. Both mAb1.v7 and h10G1, butnot antibody 14D3, bound to CD96D1 and CD96D1D3 equally well,demonstrating that CD96D1 is sufficient for binding of these antibodiesto full-length CD96.

Example 5: Affinity Maturation of Humanized Anti-CD96 Antibody mAb1.v7

This example illustrates phage library construction and panningtechniques used for affinity maturation of the humanized anti-hu-CD96antibody mAb1.v7 for improved binding to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96.

NNK Library Construction and Panning

To further improve the affinity of anti-CD96 antibody clone mAb1.v7,phage libraries were constructed from variant mAb1.v7 in Fab-amberformat for monovalent Fab phage display with heavy chain HVR residues(i.e., HVR-H1, HVR-H2, and HVR-H3) randomized using the NNK degeneratecodon that encodes for all 20 amino acids with 32 codons (see e.g.,Brenner et al., 1992). Libraries were designed to allow one NNK mutationin each of the heavy chain HVRs. Synthesized mutagenesisoligonucleotides were then used to construct heavy chain libraries usingKunkel mutagenesis (see e.g., Kunkel et al., 1987). The resultantlibrary DNA was electroporated into E. coli XL1 cells, yieldingapproximately 4×10⁹ transformants. Phage libraries were incubated inSUPERBLOCK™ PBS buffer (Pierce) and 0.05% TWEEN® 20 for 30 min and thenapplied on hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 coated plates for first round panning. Inthe subsequent two to three rounds, phage libraries were incubated withdecreasing concentration of biotinylated hu-CD96 or cy-CD96 antigen with1000x non-biotinylated human or cy-CD96 as competitor in solution toincrease the selection stringency. The eluted phage was infected withlog-phase XL-1 and plated on LB carbenicillin plate at 37° C. overnightfor further affinity screening

Affinity Screening of mAb1.v7 Phage Variants

Single spot phage competition ELISA was used to screen for phageaffinity screening. 192 colonies from most stringent selections(biotinylated 0.1 nM of hu-CD96 or cy-CD96 with 1000x non-biotinylatedhuman or cy-CD96) were grown in 400 μL 2YT with 4 μL helper phage M13KO7overnight at 37° C. with shaking. After spinning down the pellet, thephage supernatant was diluted 1:1 with 2 nM hu-CD96, 20 nM cy-CD96 andELISA buffer (0.5% BSA and 0.05% TWEEN®20 in PBS) in total 1004 andincubated for two hours at room temperature with agitation. The 804 ofmixture was transferred to hu-CD96 coated plate for 15 min to captureunbound phage. The plate was washed with wash buffer (0.05% TWEEN®20 inPBS), and HRP-conjugated anti-M13 antibody (Sino biological, Cat#11973-MM05-H-50) was added in ELISA buffer for 30 min. The plates werewashed with wash buffer and developed tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)microwell peroxidase substrate (VWR, Cat #95059-156). Enzymatic colordevelopment was stopped using TMB stop solution (VWR, Cat #95059-200).Plates were analyzed with a SpectraMax i3X plate reader (MolecularDevices). The % inhibition was calculated by the 0D₄₅₀ of wells withhu-CD96/cy-CD96 competitor divided by OD₄₅₀ of wells with buffer alone.The lower % inhibition indicated higher phage IC₅₀ against hu-CD96 orcy-CD96.

Selected top inhibition % phage variants from single spot competitionwere purified from culture supernatants. The optimal phage concentrationwas incubated with serially-diluted hu-CD96 or cy-CD96 in ELISA bufferin NUNC F plate for two hours. The 804 of the mixture was transferred tohu-CD96 coated wells for 15 min to capture unbound phage. The plate waswashed with wash buffer (0.05% TWEEN®20 in PBS), and HRP-conjugatedanti-M13 antibody (Sino biological, Cat #11973-MM05-H-50) was added inELISA buffer for 30 min. The plates were washed and developed asdescribed above. The absorbance at 450 nm was plotted as a function ofantigen concentration in solution to determine phage IC₅₀. This was usedas an affinity estimate for the Fab clone displayed on the surface ofthe phage. Phage plasmids (phagemids) were sequenced using V_(H)specific primers and the variant sequences within the HVRs of 16selected top mAb1.v7 phage variants are summarized in Table 7 (below).

TABLE 7Variant HVR sequences of mAb1.v7 affinity improved phage variants HVR-H1HVR-H2 HVR-H3 30 31 32 33 50 51 52 52A 53 54 55 5693 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Fab 34 35 57 58 59 60 61 100A 100B 101 102mAb1.v7 T N N W M H M I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G T Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.2 T N N W R H M I H F N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.6 T N R W M H M I H V N S G I T N I N E R S D G L Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.8 T N N W D H M I H P L S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.9 T N N W R H M I H M N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.10 T N N W R H M I H P L S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.11 T N N F M H M I H P N S G G T N I N E R S D E T Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.14 V N N W M H M I H P N S G I T N T N E R S D G I Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.15 T N N W D H M I H P M S G I T N I N E R S D G F Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.16 T N N W R H M I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.19 T N S W M H M I H P N S G I T N R N E R S D G I Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.21 T N Y W M H M I H P N S G I T N M N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.24 T N N W G H M I H R N S G I T N I N E R S D G I Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.48 T N R W M H M I H H N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.50 T N N W S H M I H R N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.59 T N N W N H M I H P N S G I T A I N E R L D G T Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.70 T N R W M H M I H A N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D Y

The phage IC₅₀ values determined for the 16 selected Fab variants ofTable 7 are summarized in Table 8 (below).

TABLE 8 Phage IC₅₀ values of mAb1.v7 affinity improved phage variantsPhage IC50 (nM) Clone hCD96 CyCD96 mAb1.v7 0.5 ~300 mAb1.v7.2 0.08 1.8mAb1.v7.6 0.16 0.15 mAb1.v7.8 0.17 0.45 mAb1.v7.9 0.11 0.37 mAb1.v7.100.19 0.76 mAb1.v7.11 0.23 0.24 mAb1.v7.14 0.1 1 mAb1.v7.15 0.19 1.85mAb1.v7.16 0.1 1.6 mAb1.v7.19 0.23 0.84 mAb1.v7.21 0.15 0.91 mAb1.v7.240.2 0.6 mAb1.v7.48 0.1 0.3 mAb1.v7.50 0.1 0.9 mAb1.v7.59 0.1 1.6mAb1.v7.70 0.14 0.4

Generation of mAb1.v7 Affinity Improved Fab Variants

The 16 top phage variants of mAb1.v7 shown in Table 7 were synthesizedfor cloning into a mammalian Fab expression construct containing an8×His tag to generate Fab proteins.

Plasmids encoding the heavy or light chain were transfected intoExpi293F cells (Thermo Fisher Scientific) for 20-30 mL expression usinga 1:1 ratio of HC:LC. Fabs were purified with a HisPur Ni-NTA column bydiluting supernatant 1.5x with 1x phosphate-buffered saline pH 7.2(“PBS”), adding 10 mM imidazole, and binding to resin in batch mode for2 hours. Resin was flowed over a column and washed with 20 CV PBS+20 mMimidazole and eluted with 5 CV PBS+250 mM imidazole. Samples were bufferexchanged to PBS using a PD10 column (GE Healthcare).

Affinity Measurement of mAb1.v7 Affinity Improved Fab Variants by BLIAnalysis

The binding affinity of the generated Fab variants of mAb1.v7 forhu-CD96 and cy-CD96 was determined by OCTET (Pall ForteBio) Bio-LayerInterferometry (BLI) binding analysis. The biotinylated hu-CD96 orbiotinylated cy-CD96 was diluted to a final concentration 10 μg/mL inexperimental buffer (PBS buffer with 0.01% Tween-20) and immobilized onthe Streptavidin Capture (SA) biosensors (Pall ForteBio). Three-foldserial dilutions of the mAb1.v7 Fab variants starting at 1 μM asanalytes were diluted in the experimental buffer (PBS buffer with 0.01%Tween-20). The biosensors were equilibrated in experimental buffer at30° C. for ten minutes prior to starting the experiment. The kineticsexperiment was performed with the following steps, where the step name,solution and time are listed: Baseline (buffer—60 seconds), Loading(biotinylated antigen-200 seconds), Baseline 2 (buffer—minimum 120seconds), Association (analyte-200-300 seconds) and Dissociation(buffer—1000 seconds). The resulting BLI signal from analyte associationand dissociation from the immobilized antibody was analyzed using theOctet Data Analysis software (Pall ForteBio). First a referencesubtraction was performed on all recorded traces using the referencewell (biosensor that underwent same steps as experimental wells but noanalyte for the Association step) and then all the traces were alignedto the beginning of the Association step. The entirety of theAssociation and Dissociation steps were used in a Global fit (minimum offour analyte concentration traces) in a 1:1 binding model to calculatethe K_(D) values for the 16 selected individual mAb1.v7 Fab variants assummarized in Table 9 (below).

TABLE 9 OCTET K_(D) results for mAb1.v7 affinity improved phage variantsOctet KD (nM) Fab hCD96 CyCD96 mAb1.v7 76 >1000 mAb1.v7.2 3.75 39.1mAb1.v7.6 28.4 284 mAb1.v7.8 27 104 mAb1.v7.9 ~0.1 129 mAb1.v7.10 2.71117 mAb1.v7.11 156 175 mAb1.v7.14 ~0.1 530 mAb1.v7.15 3 160 mAb1.v7.161.4 97.9 mAb1.v7.19 0.63 261 mAb1.v7.21 0.31 118 mAb1.v7.24 0.31 118mAb1.v7.48 ~0.1 68 mAb1.v7.50 4.16 183 mAb1.v7.59 ~0.1 271 mAb1.v7.70~0.1 52.6

Affinity Measurement of mAb1.v7 Affinity Improved Fab Variants byBIACORE

To determine the binding kinetics of a subset of 5 selected affinityimproved Fab variants of mAb1.v7 for binding to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96, SPRmeasurement with a BIACORE® 8K instrument was performed. Briefly,hu-CD96 Fc and cy-CD96 Fc were diluted at 10 μg/mL in HBS-P buffer (0.01M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.005% Surfactant P20) and applied to theProtein A chip at 30 μL/min flow rate for 60 s in flow cell 2 (FC2).Then flow 3-fold serial dilutions of mAb1.v7 Fab variants in HBS-Pbuffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.005% surfactant P20) from(0.4 nM) to high (1000 nM) were injected (flow rate: 30 μL/min) at 25°C. to both flow cell 1 (FC1) and flow cell 2 (FC2). The sensorgram wasrecorded and subject to reference and buffer subtraction beforeevaluating by BIACORE® 8K Evaluation Software (version 1.1.1.7442).Association rates (k_(on)) and dissociation rates (k_(off)) werecalculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir binding model. Theequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) was calculated as the ratio ofk_(off)/k_(on), and the values determined for the mAb1.v7 and the 5 Fabvariants are summarized in Table 10 (below).

TABLE 10 Binding affinity (K_(D)) and CD155 blocking IC₅₀ values forselected top mAb1.v7 Fab variants to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 CD155 blockingBiacore_hCD96 Biacore_Cy CD96 IC50 (nM) Fab Kon (1/Ms) Koff (1/s) KD(nM) Kon (1/Ms) Koff (1/s) KD(nM) hCD96 CyCD96 mAb1.v7 1.83E+04 8.17E−0444.6 1.15E+03 2.57E−02 ~1000 0.74 ~300 mAb1.v7.2 1.58E+04 1.06E−05 0.672.60E+04 2.40E−04 9.24 0.7 2.17 mAb1.v7.9 1.39E+04 7.02E−05 5.053.64E+04 8.02E−04 22 0.42 3.18 mAb1.v7.16 7.38E+03 2.81E−06 0.381.04E+04 9.72E−04 94 0.8 1.42 mAb1.v7.48 1.59E+04 1.26E−05 0.7953.66E+04 3.28E−04 8.9 0.42 4.8 mAb1.v7.70 1.59E+04 2.74E−05 1.733.72E+04 1.89E−04 5 0.8 2

CD155 Receptor Blocking Activity of Affinity Improved Fab Variants ofmAb1.v7

The selected 5 affinity matured Fab variants of mAb1.v7 Fab were assayedfor blocking of human CD155 (hu-CD155) receptor by ELISA as follows.Briefly, 96-well MAXISORP® flat bottom plates (Thermofisher, Cat#439454) were coated overnight at 4° C. with 2 μg/mL goat anti-mouse Fc(Thermofisher, Cat #31168) in PBS. After removing the coating solution,unspecific binding was blocked with PBS containing 1% bovine serumalbumin (BSA) and incubation at room temperature for one hour. Plateswere then washed five times in PBS with 0.05% TWEEN®-20 (wash buffer)and added 1/mL hu-CD155-mFc in PBS for 1 hour in room temperature.During blocking period, 50 μL/well of 4 nM biotinylated hu-CD96 or 40 nMbiotinylated cy-CD96 with serial dilution of the Fab variants 50 μL/well(starting at 2 μM, 1:3 dilution) for two hours at room temperature withPBS containing 0.5% BSA and 0.05% Tween 20 (ELISA buffer) in NUNC Fplate (Thermofisher, Cat #269620). Then transferred the antigen-antibodymix solution 80 μL/well into hu-CD155-mFc coated wells at roomtemperature for 15 min. Plates were then washed with wash buffer towhich was added 50 μL/well Streptavidin poly-HRP (Thermofisher, Cat#21140) diluted 1:5000 in ELISA buffer at room temperature for one hourwith agitation. The plates were washed with wash buffer and developedfor 3-10 minutes by addition of 50 μL/well of tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)microwell peroxidase substrate (VWR, Cat #95059-156). Enzymatic colordevelopment was stopped with 50 μL/well of TMB stop solution (VWR, Cat#95059-200). Plates were analyzed with a SpectraMax i3X plate reader(Molecular Devices) at 450 nm. The blocking IC₅₀ represents theconcentration of the Fab that inhibits 50% of biotinylated hu-CD96 orbiotinylated cy-CD96 binding to the coated hu-CD155-mFc. The blockingIC₅₀ values for the mAbv1.7 and the 5 selected affinity matured Fabvariants (mAb1.v7.2, mAb1.v7.9, mAb1.v7.16, mAb1.v7.48, mAb1.v7.70) aresummarized in Table 10 (above).

Sequencing of mAb1.v7 Affinity Maturation Libraries

In order to further improve affinity and mitigate oxidation liabilityrisks, next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the mAb1.v7 affinitymaturation libraries was performed. Phagemid double stranded DNA wasisolated from E. coli XL-1 cells carrying phagemids from the initialphage library (unsorted libraries) and from the second and third roundsof solution selection (sorted libraries). Purified DNA was used as thetemplate to generate amplicons of V_(H) regions using Illumina 16slibrary preparation protocol. Sequencing adapters and dual-indexbarcodes were added using Illumina Nextera XT Index Kit. In preparationfor sequencing on Illumina MiSeq, adapter-ligated amplicons weresubjected to standard Illumina library denaturing and sample loadingprotocol using MiSeq Reagent Kit v3 (600 cycles). Paired-end sequencingwas performed to cover the entire length of the amplicon with insertsize of 200 bp to 300 bp.

Paired-end sequencing data were first assembled using paired-endassembler PANDAseq (see e.g., Masella et al., 2012) to obtain completeamplicons. Quality control (QC) was then performed on identifiedamplicons, where each amplicon was checked for no insertion or deletionof sequences and no stop codons, each HVR sequence was allowed to carryonly up to one NNK mutation and no non-NNK mutation. Position weightmatrices were generated by calculating the frequency of all mutations ofevery randomized position. Enrichment ratios for each mutation werecalculated by dividing the frequency of a given mutation at a givenposition in the sorted sample with the frequency of the very samemutation in the unsorted sample, as described previously (Koenig et al.,2015). The HVR-H region mutations identified by NGS as resulting inimproved binding to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 are summarized in Table 11.

TABLE 11 mAb1.v7 HVR-H mutations with high affinity binding to hu-CD96and cy-CD96 HVR-H1 T30A, T30D, T30E, T30G, T30H, T30K, T30N, T30Q, T30R,T30S, T30V, T30W, T30Y N32A, N32F, N32G, N32H, N32M, N32R, N32S, N32V,N32Y W33F M34A, M34E, M34F, M34L, M34N, M34Q, M34R, M34S, M34T, M34V,M34W HVR-H2 M50F I51L, I51M, I51V P52aA, P52aD, P52aE, P52aF, P52aG,P52aH, P52aI, P52aK, P52aL, P52aM, P52aN, P52aQ, P52aR, P52aS, P52aT,P52aV, P52aW N53A, N53D, N53E, N53F, N53G, N53H, N53I, N53K, N53L, N53M,N53Q, N53R, N53S, N53T, N53V, N53W, N53Y S54A, S54G, S54T, S54V G55A,G55S I56A, 156V T57A, T57D, T57E, T57G, T57H, T57I, T57K, T57L, T57M,T57N, T57Q, T57R, T57S, T57V, T57W, T57Y N58M, N58S I59F, I59G, I59H,I59K, I59L, I59M, I59N, I59Q, I59R, I59S, I59T, I59V, I59W, I59Y E61A,E61D, E61G, E61H, E61K, E61L, E61M, E61N, E61P, E61Q, E61R, E61S, E61T,E61V, E61W, E61Y HVR-H3 S94A, S94F, S94G, S94I, S94L, S94M, S94N, S94R,S94T, S94V, S94W, S94Y G96W T97D, T97E, T97F, T97H, T97I, T97K, T97L,T97M, T97N, T97Q, T97V, T97W, T97Y Y98D, Y98F, Y98H, Y98N, Y98R, Y98WE99D, E99G, E99H, E99K, E99M, E99N, E99Q, E99R, E99V, E99Y G100K, G100R,G100S, G100T

Generation of Affinity Improved Fab Variants of mAb1.v7

Nine of the mAb1.v7 Fab variant mutations identified by NGS analysisshown in Table 11 (above) were selected based on high enrichment ratioand/or presence of mutations that minimize oxidation liability (e.g.W33F, M50F) and synthesized for cloning into a mammalian Fab expressionconstruct containing an 8×His tag to generate Fab proteins (hereinafterreferred to as mAb1.v7.NGS1-mAb1.v7.NGS9).

Plasmids encoding the heavy or light chain were transfected intoExpi293F cells (Thermo Fisher) for 20-30 mL expression using a 1:1 ratioof HC:LC. Fabs were purified with a HisPur Ni-NTA column by dilutingsupernatant 1.5x with 1× phosphate-buffered saline pH 7.2 (“PBS”),adding 10 mM imidazole, and binding to resin in batch mode for 2 hours.Resin was flowed over a column and washed with 20 CV PBS+20 mM imidazoleand eluted with 5 CV PBS+250 mM imidazole. Samples were buffer exchangedto PBS using a PD10 column (GE Healthcare).

OCTET Binding Assay of Affinity Improved Fab Variants of mAb1.v7

The binding of affinity matured Fab variants of mAb1.v7 to hu-CD96 andcy-CD96 was measured by OCTET (Pall ForteBio) Bio-Layer Interferometry(BLI). Biotinylated hu-CD96 or biotinylated CyCD96 was diluted to afinal concentration 10 μg/mL in experimental buffer (PBS buffer with0.01% Tween-20) and immobilized on the Streptavidin (SA) capturebiosensors (Pall ForteBio). Three-fold serial dilution of mAb1.v7 Fabvariants starting at 1 μM as analytes were diluted in the experimentalbuffer (PBS buffer with 0.01% Tween-20). The biosensors wereequilibrated in experimental buffer at 30° C. for 10 min prior tostarting the experiment.

Kinetics experiments were performed with the following steps, where thestep name, solution and time are listed: Baseline (buffer—60 seconds),Loading (biotinylated antigen—200 seconds), Baseline 2 (buffer—minimum120 seconds), Association (analyte—200-300 seconds) and Dissociation(buffer—1000 seconds).

Resulting BLI signals from analyte association and dissociation from theimmobilized antibody was analyzed using the OCTET Data Analysis software(Pall ForteBio). First a reference subtraction was performed on allrecorded traces using the reference well (biosensor that underwent samesteps as experimental wells but no analyte for the Association step) andthen all the traces were aligned to the beginning of the Associationstep. The entirety of the Association and Dissociation steps were usedin a Global fit (minimum of four analyte concentration traces) in a 1:1binding model to calculate the K_(D) for individual affinity matured Fabvariants of mAb1.v7 summarized in Table 12.

TABLE 12Variant HVR sequences and OCTET binding affinities of mAb1.v7 Fabvariants mAb1.v7.NGS1-mAb1.v7.NGS9 HVR-H1 HVR-H2 HVR-H3 30 31 32 3350 51 52 52A 53 54 55 56 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Fab 34 3557 58 59 60 61 100A 100B 101 102 mAb1.v7 T N N W M HM I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS1T N N F M H M I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G T Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.NGS2 T N N W M H F I H P N S G I T N I N ER S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS3 T N N W M HM I H A N S G I T N I N E R S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS4T N N W M H M I H P N S G I T N I N H R S D G T Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.NGS5 T N N W M H M I H P N S G I T N I N RR S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS6 T N N W M HM I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS7T N N W M H M I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.NGS8 T N N F M H M I H A N S G I T N I N ER S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS9 T N N F M HM I H A N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D Y Octet KD (nM) Fabhu-CD96 cy-CD96 mAb1.v7 76    ~1000 mAb1.v7.NGS1 49      271mAb1.v7.NGS2 63     ~100 mAb1.v7.NGS3  0.1  ~1000 mAb1.v7.NGS4 31.5   739 mAb1.v7.NGS5 43.6     85 mAb1.v7.NGS6  5.32   289 mAb1.v7.NGS7 5.61   383 mAb1.v7.NGS8  0.1     93 mAb1.v7.NGS9  0.1     82

According to the OCTET binding analysis in Table 12, the mAb1.v7. NGS8and mAb1.v7.NGS9 Fab variants showed the highest binding affinity tohu-CD96 and cy-CD96.

In order to mitigate the oxidation risk based on the presence of Metresidue at position 50 of HVR-H2, further Fab variants, mAb1.v7.NGS10and mAb1.v7.NGS11 were generated with an M50F substitution ofmAb1.v7.NGS8 and mAb1.v7.NGS9, respectively, as shown by sequences inTable 13 (below).

TABLE 13 Variant HVR sequences of mAb1.v7 NGS8-NGS11 HVR-H1 HVR-H2HVR-H3 30 31 32 33 50 51 52 52A 53 54 55 56 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Fab34 35 57 58 59 60 61 100A 100B 101 102 mAb1.v7 T N N W M HM I H P N S G I T N I N E R S D G T Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS8T N N F M H M I H A N S G I T N I N E R S D G I Y E G Y F D YmAb1.v7.NGS9 T N N F M H M I H A N S G I T N I N ER S D G V Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS10 T N N F M HF I H A N S G I T N I N E R S D G I Y E G Y F D Y mAb1.v7.NGS11T N N F M H F I H A N S G I T N I N E R S D G V Y E G Y F D Y

hu-CD96 and cy-CD96binding affinities and CD155 blocking activities ofmAb1.v7 NGS8-NGS11 Fabs were determined and are summarized in Table 14(below).

TABLE 14 hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 binding affinities and CD155 blockingactivities of mAb1.v7 NGS8-NGS11 Fabs CD155 blocking Biacore_hCD96Biacore_Cy CD96 IC50 (nM) Fab Kon (1/Ms) Koff (1/s) KD (nM) Kon (1/Ms)Koff (1/s) KD(nM) hCD96 CyCD96 mAb1.v7 1.83E+04 8.17E−04 44.6 1.15E+032.57E−02 >1000 0.74 ~300 mAb1.v7.NGS8 1.67E+04 2.53E−05 1.8 2.65E+043.83E−04 14.5 0.2 0.92 mAb1.v7.NGS9 1.42E+04 8.32E−05 5.85 2.48E+044.14E−04 16.7 0.78 0.73 mAb1.v7.NGS10 1.21E+04 2.60E−05 2.1 1.14E+043.43E−04 30 0.54 0.84 mAb1.v7.NGS11 1.05E+04 2.75E−05 2.62 1.12E+042.15E−04 19.1 0.59 0.95

The four lead mAb1.v7 variants NGS8, NGS9, NGS10, and NGS11, werereformatted into pRK mammalian expression IgG vectors, and recombinantIgGs were expressed and purified as described in Example 2.

Example 6: Affinity Maturation of Humanized Anti-CD96 Antibody h10G1

This example illustrates phage library construction and panningtechniques used for affinity maturation of the humanized anti-hu-CD96antibody h10G1 for improved binding to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96.

NNK Library Construction and Panning

To further improve the affinity of anti-CD96 antibody clone h10G1, phagelibraries were constructed from h10G1 in Fab-amber format for monovalentFab phage display with light chain HVR residues (i.e., HVR-L1, HVR-L2and HVR-L3) and heavy chain HVR residues (i.e., HVR-H1, HVR-H2, andHVR-H3) randomized using the NNK degenerate codon that encodes for all20 amino acids with 32 codons (see e.g., Brenner et al., 1992).Libraries were designed to allow one NNK mutation in each of the sixHVRs. Synthesized mutagenesis oligonucleotides were then used toconstruct phage libraries using Kunkel mutagenesis (see e.g., Kunkel etal., 1987). The resultant library DNA was electroporated into E. coliXL1 cells, yielding approximately 4×10⁹ transformants. Phage librarieswere incubated in SUPERBLOCK™ PBS buffer (Pierce) and 0.05% TWEEN® 20for 30 min and then applied on hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 coated plates forfirst round panning. In the subsequent two to three rounds, phagelibraries were incubated with decreasing concentration of biotinylatedhu-CD96 or cy-CD96 antigen with 1000x non-biotinylated human or cy-CD96as competitor in solution to increase the selection stringency. Theeluted phage was infected with log-phase XL-1 and plated on LBcarbenicillin plate at 37° C. overnight for further affinity screening

Sequencing of h10G1 Affinity Maturation Libraries

In order to further improve affinity and mitigate oxidation liabilityrisks, next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the h10G1 affinity maturationlibraries was performed. Phagemid double stranded DNA was isolated fromE. coli XL-1 cells carrying phagemids from the initial phage library(unsorted libraries) and from the second and third rounds of solutionselection (sorted libraries). Purified DNA was used as the template togenerate amplicons of V_(L) and V_(H) regions using Illumina 16s librarypreparation protocol. Sequencing adapters and dual-index barcodes wereadded using Illumina Nextera XT Index Kit. In preparation for sequencingon Illumina MiSeq, adapter-ligated amplicons were subjected to standardIllumina library denaturing and sample loading protocol using MiSeqReagent Kit v3 (600 cycles). Paired-end sequencing was performed tocover the entire length of the amplicon with insert size of 200 bp to300 bp.

Paired-end sequencing data were first assembled using paired-endassembler PANDAseq (see e.g., Masella et al., 2012) to obtain completeamplicons. Quality control (QC) was then performed on identifiedamplicons, where each amplicon was checked for no insertion or deletionof sequences and no stop codons, each HVR sequence was allowed to carryonly up to one NNK mutation and no non-NNK mutation. Position weightmatrices were generated by calculating the frequency of all mutations ofevery randomized position. Enrichment ratios for each mutation werecalculated by dividing the frequency of a given mutation at a givenposition in the sorted sample with the frequency of the very samemutation in the unsorted sample, as described previously (Koenig et al.,2015). The HVR-L and H region mutations of h10G1 identified by NGS asresulting in improved binding to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 are summarized inTable 15 (below).

TABLE 15 HVR-L and HVR-H mutations of h10G1 with high affinity bindingto hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 HVR-L1 D28A, D28E, D28G, D28H, D28K, D28N, D28P,D28Q, D28S, D28T Y30F R31K, R31Q L33I, L33M, L33V HVR-L2 S52E D53E,D53K, D53Q S54H, S54L, S54R, S54V I55V CDR-L3 L89G, L89M, L89Q S93A,S93E, S93Q, S93V Y96F HVR-H1 T30A, T30D, T30E, T30G, T30H, T30K, T30M,T30N, T30Q, T30R, T30S T31D, T31E, T31G, T31H, T31N, T31Q, T31S Y32F,Y32M, Y32Q, M34I, M34L, M34V HVR-H2 D53E S54T HVR-H3 N95M N100bF,N100bH, N100bY

Example 7: In Vitro Assays of Anti-CD96 Antibodies

This example illustrates cell-based assays used to characterize thefunctional activity of the anti-CD96 antibodies described in theprevious Examples.

Binding Affinity Determination

To determine the binding affinity to hu-CD96 and cy-CD96 at 37° C. ofthe recombinant anti-CD96 IgGs, SPR measurement with a BIACORE™ 8Kinstrument was performed. Briefly, a 1:4 dilution of Biotin CAPtureReagent (GE Healthcare) into HBS-EP buffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 MNaCl, 3 mM EDTA, 0.005% Surfactant P20) was applied to the chip at 2μL/min flow rate. For the kinetics measurements, 20 nM biotinylatedhu-CD96-Fc and cy-CD96-Fc was captured at 10 μL/min to achieve ˜50response units in the second flow cell (FC2). FC1 was kept as areference. Next, 4-fold serial dilutions of IgG in HBS-P buffer (0.01 MHEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.005% surfactant P20) from low (3.125 nM) tohigh (200 nM) concentration were injected (flow rate: 10 μL/min) at 37°C. The sensorgram was recorded and subject to reference and buffersubtraction before evaluating by BIACORE® 8K Evaluation Software(version 1.1.1.7442). Association rates (k_(on)) and dissociation rates(k_(off)) were calculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir bindingmodel. The equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) value wascalculated as the ratio of k_(off)/k_(on). The BIACORE® determinedbinding affinity values are summarized in Table 16 (below).

TABLE 16 Binding affinity of anti-CD96 IgGs binding to hu-CD96 andcy-CD96 hu-CD96 @ 37° C. cy-CD96 @ 37° C. On-rate Off-rate K_(D) On-rateOff-rate K_(D) Antibody k_(on) (1/Ms) k_(off) (1/s) (nM) k_(on) (1/Ms)k_(off) (1/s) (nM) mAb1.v7.NGS8 1.29 × 10⁵ 1.99 × 10⁻⁵ 0.15 4.15 × 10⁵6.06 × 10⁻⁴ 1.46 mAb1.v7.NGS9 2.66 × 10⁵ 5.42 × 10⁻⁵ 0.2 2.55 × 10⁵ 7.34× 10⁻⁴ 2.88 mAb1.v7.NGS10 1.44 × 10⁵ 1.84 × 10⁻⁶ 0.01 7.67 × 10⁵ 3.74 ×10⁻⁴ 0.49 mAb1.v7.NGS11 1.73 × 10⁵ 1.38 × 10⁻⁵ 0.08 3.38 × 10⁵ 5.13 ×10⁻⁴ 1.52 h10G1 6.12 × 10⁵ 3.93 × 10⁻⁴ 0.64 6.99 × 10⁶ 7.89 × 10⁻³ 1.13NK92.39 8.44 × 10⁴  1.2 × 10⁻³ 14.2 no binding no binding no binding

Binding to Hu-CD96 Isoforms 1 and 2 Expressed on Cells

Only isoform 2 of hu-CD96 was used in the above described in vitrobinding affinity experiments. To examine binding of anti-CD96 antibodiesto the two distinct isoforms of hu-CD96 expressed on cells, we usedHEK293T or CHO cells transiently or stably expressing hu-CD96 and FACSanalysis. Only isoform 2 of hu-CD96 was used in the above described invitro binding affinity experiments. In this experiment, both isoform 1and isoform 2 of hu-CD96 were tested.

Isoform 1 of hu-CD96 (Origene, catalog #RC213845) was transientlyexpressed in HEK293T cells following standard lipofectamine or Fugenetransfection protocol. CD96-expressing 293 Ts were incubated withantibodies for 20 minutes at 4° C. Cells were washed, and binding wasdetected by incubation with anti-mouse IgG-FITC (Biolegend, catalog#406001) for 20 minutes at 4° C. Cell binding was analyzed by flowcytometry with a CytoFLEX (Beckman Coulter). Binding curves werecalculated as a percentage of cells positive for bound antibody.

As shown by the results in Table 17 (below), the anti-CD96 antibodies,mAb1.v7, 10G1, 7E5, and 9H4 bind to HEK293T-CD96 (iso1) cellsdose-dependently and potently. Control antibody muIgG1 did not show anybinding above background.

TABLE 17 Anti-CD96 binding to HEK293T-CD96 (isoform 1) cell binding (%positive) Antibody (nM) mAb1.v7 10G1 7E5 9H4 muIgG1 50 61.0 56.1 52.157.8 0.75 10 48.8 53.4 47.4 48.4 0.48 2 27.3 48.1 37.1 28.5 0.49 0.412.2 34.6 20.4 13.9 0.49 0.08 0.8 16.5 8.5 1.5 0.41 0.016 0.5 4.4 1.00.5 0.41 EC₅₀ (nM) 2.6 0.24 0.71 2.1

Isoform 2 of hu-CD96 (DNA construct: Origene, catalog #RC221005) wasexpressed on a single-cell-clone-derived CHO stable cell line. Bindingof the anti-CD96 antibodies to the CHO cells were determined asdescribed above with isoform 1 of hu-CD96.

As shown in Table 18 (below), the anti-CD96 antibodies mAb1.v7, 10G1,7E5, 9H4, 14D3, and 1G8 bind to the isoform 2 of CD96 expressed on CHOcells dose-dependently and potently. By comparison, NK92.39 (Fuchs etal., 2004; Biolegend catalog #338405) bound the cells with slightlyhigher EC₅₀ and a lower maximal level of binding. The control antibodymuIgG1 did not show any binding above background.

TABLE 18 CHO-CD96 (isoform 2) cell binding (% positive) Antibody (nM)mAb1.v7 10G1 7E5 9H4 14D3 1G8 NK92.39 muIgG1 50 44.1 39.8 58.9 46.2 42.134.8 22.0 0.42 10 44.8 39.2 56.1 46.1 44.4 35.3 21.5 0.18 2 42.4 34.953.3 44.2 38.1 26.2 15.8 0.27 0.4 17.7 25.0 44.1 24.1 24.1 7.1 4.0 0.140.08 1.4 9.4 24.6 3.1 6.4 0.2 0.2 0.11 0.016 0.4 0.4 3.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.10.06 0.0032 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.03 EC₅₀ (nM) 0.52 0.23 0.110.38 0.33 1.04 1.15

Binding to Human and Cynomolgus Monkey PBMCs

The ability of the anti-CD96 antibodies to bind primary immune cellsfrom human and cynomolgus monkey with lower level of receptor expressionwas measured. Human PBMCs (StemCell Technologies, catalog #70025) andcynomolgus monkey PBMCs (Primate Biologicals, catalog #CM-MC) wereincubated with human TruStain FcX (Biolegend, catalog #422302) for 10minutes at 4° C., followed by incubation with an anti-CD96 antibody for20 minutes at 4° C. Cells were washed and the anti-CD96 antibody bindingwas detected by incubation with anti-mouse IgG-PE (Thermo Fisher,catalog #M30204) or anti-human IgG (Fab)2-PE (Thermo Fisher, catalog#H10104) for 20 minutes at 4° C. Cells were washed, and immune subtypeswere labeled with anti-CD3 (BD, catalog #557705), anti-CD4 (Biolegend,catalog #317424) and anti-CD8 (BD, catalog #557760) for 20 minutes at 4°C. Cell binding was analyzed by flow cytometry with a CytoFLEX (BeckmanCoulter). Binding curves were calculated as a percentage of cellspositive for bound antibody in the cell type of interest.

As shown in Table 19 (below), the anti-CD96 antibodies mAb1.v7.NGS8,mAb1.v7.NGS9, mAb1.v7.NGS10, mAb1.v7.NGS11, and h10G1 bound to primaryhuman and cynomolgus monkey PBMC immune cells dose-dependently andpotently. In comparison, the NK92.39 antibody (Fuchs et al., 2004;Biolegend catalog #338405) only bound to human PBMC but not tocynomolgus monkey PBMC. This is consistent with NK92.39's lack ofbinding to cy-CD96D1 D3 protein as shown in biochemical bindingmeasurements. The negative control antibodies hu-IgG1 and mu-IgG1 didnot show any binding above background.

TABLE 19 Human PBMC and Cynomolgus Monkey PBMC cell binding Antibody(nM) mAb1.v7.NGS8 mAb1.v7.NGS9 mAb1.v7.NGS10 mAb1.v7.NGS11 h10G1 NK92.39Hu-IgG1 Mu-IgG1 Human PBMC cell binding (% positive) 80 97.8 97.8 97.797.2 88.7 91.9 3.10 2.34 16 96.2 97.1 97.1 96.7 81.4 94.3 4.61 2.05 3.292.3 95.1 93.8 94.2 64.4 76.7 4.67 1.42 0.64 89.3 90.8 88.8 89.7 53.527.4 4.04 1.50 0.128 64.2 64.7 66.7 61.1 39.1 2.0 3.98 1.09 0.0256 22.022.5 16.9 11.6 14.6 0.9 5.50 1.48 0.00512 8.6 8.2 6.1 5.4 5.4 1.3 5.290.98 EC₅₀ (nM) 0.072 0.071 0.069 0.083 0.28 1.22 Cynomolgus Monkey PBMCcell binding (% positive) 80 74.5 73.8 75.2 81.9 68.3 4.9 2.36 1.90 1677.2 76.1 78.5 80.8 66.1 5.4 0.64 1.77 3.2 75.5 77.9 76.7 78.4 58.1 5.21.15 0.95 0.64 70.7 71.0 73.1 74.3 51.2 4.7 0.59 1.07 0.128 45.3 49.464.6 63.5 38.2 5.2 0.31 0.83 0.0256 11.6 19.7 37.2 41.0 16.8 5.0 0.571.00 0.00512 5.1 7.1 9.5 10.4 7.4 4.5 0.41 0.76 EC₅₀ (nM) 0.097 0.0730.024 0.025 0.12 1.1

Binding to Hu-CD96-CHO Cells and Blocking of CD155-Fc Binding

CHO cells stably expressing isoform 2 of hu-CD96 (Origene, catalog#RC221005) were incubated with anti-CD96 antibodies for 20 minutes at 4°C. The cells were washed, and then incubated with 10 nM humanCD155-Fc-FLAG for 30 minutes at 4° C. Cells were washed, and then humanCD155-Fc-FLAG binding was detected by incubation with anti-FLAG-APC(Columbia Biosciences, catalog #D3-1718-1MG) for 20 minutes at 4° C.Cell binding was analyzed by flow cytometry with a CytoFLEX (BeckmanCoulter). CD155 binding is represented as median fluorescence intensity(MedFI).

As shown in Table 20 (below), the anti-CD96 antibodies, mAb1.v7.NGS8,mAb1.v7.NGS9, mAb1.v7.NGS10, mAb1.v7.NGS11, and h10G1 inhibited solublehu-CD155 binding to CD96-expressing CHO cells dose-dependently andpotently. The antibody NK92.39 (Fuchs et al., 2004; Biolegend catalog#338405) inhibited receptor binding similarly. The negative controlantibodies, hu-IgG1 and mu-IgG1 did not show any inhibition.

TABLE 20 Human CD155-Fc binding to CD96-CHOs (MedFI) Antibody (nM)mAb1.v7.NGS8 mAb1.v7.NGS9 mAb1.v7.NGS10 mAb1.v7.NGS11 h10G1 NK92.39Hu-IgG1 Mu-IgG1 100 4181 4145 5113 4206 5120 5053 51722 75952 20 42874256 4936 4460 4857 5039 57317 71606 4 4958 6098 4936 4864 4857 503963058 71606 0.8 23616 32194 23615 23650 5871 40338 58268 66575 0.1652891 54650 54073 51858 21243 62592 59441 64380 0.032 47801 53011 5774057672 52051 69262 52821 65374 0.0064 49207 56593 55923 63569 65668 6410447697 64347 IC₅₀ (nM) 0.76 0.91 0.57 0.46 0.06 0.91

Primary Human NK Cell Assay

Functional activity of the anti-CD96 antibodies was tested on primaryhuman natural killer (NK) cells. Primary human peripheral blood NK cells(StemCell Technologies, catalog #70036) were incubated with antibodiesin complete media containing 100 pg/mL recombinant human IL-12 (VWR,catalog #10773-012) and 50 ng/mL recombinant human IL-18 (VWR, catalog#75791-086) in round bottom plates coated with 0.25 pg per well ofCD155-huFc for 5 hours at 37° C. IFNγ in the supernatant was determinedby ELISA (Thermo Fisher, catalog #88-7316-86).

As shown in Table 21 (below), the anti-CD96 antibodies, mAb1.v7.NGS10and h10G1 increased IFNγ secretion from NK cells dose-dependently andpotently. NK92.39 (Fuchs et al., 2004; Biolegend catalog #338405) alsoenhanced IFNγ secretion but the effect was weaker and less potent (61%of maximal efficacy of h10G1).

TABLE 21 Human NK cell IFNγ secretion (fold over background, n =5/condition) Antibody (nM) mAb1.v7.NGS10 h10G1 hu-IgG1 NK92.39 mu-IgG1250 1.87 1.87 1.12 1.62 1.05 50 2.05 2.21 1.04 1.68 0.96 10 1.94 2.191.03 1.39 0.91 2 2.12 2.08 1.07 1.27 1.14 0.4 1.81 1.96 1.23 0.69 1.000.08 1.36 1.38 1.51 1.38 0.016 1.24 1.13 1.01 0.0032 1.00 1.00 1.33 EC₅₀(nM) 0.084 0.112 5.53

Primary Human NK Cell Assay in the Presence of Anti-CD226

Functional activity of the anti-CD96 antibodies in triggering IFNγsecretion was also measured in the presence of the antagonisticanti-CD226 antibody DX-11 (Abcam catalog #ab33397). Primary humanperipheral blood NK cells were incubated with indicated anti-CD96antibodies, control isotype antibodies, or anti-CD226 antibody (DX-11)in complete media containing 100 pg/ml recombinant human IL-12 and 50ng/ml recombinant human IL-18 in plates coated with 0.25 pg per well ofCD155-Fc for 5 hours at 37° C. IFNγ concentration in the supernatant wasdetermined by ELISA. Each condition was tested in 5 biologicalreplicates. As shown in FIG. 3 , the IFNγ secretion triggered by theanti-CD96 antibodies mAb1.v7.NGS8 and h10G1 was completely eliminationby the presence of the antagonistic anti-CD226 antibody DX-11. Theresults of this experiment thus demonstrate that the effect of the IFNγstimulatory effect of the anti-CD96 antibodies is CD226-dependent.

Primary Human CD4+ T Cell Assay

Functional activity of the anti-CD96 antibodies was also tested onprimary human CD4+ T cells that were chronically stimulated in vitro for7 days with 4 ng/ml IL-2 and 2 ug/ml PHA. (A) Treated cells were stainedwith fluorochrome-conjugated anti-CD96 (clone 6F9), anti-CD226 (clone11A8), anti-CD155 (clone 2H7CD155), isotype control Abs and live/deadstaining dye. Surface expression level were analyzed by flow cytometrywith a CytoFLEX (Beckman Coulter). As shown in FIG. 4A, surfaceexpression levels of CD96, CD226, and CD155 were upregulated with IL2and PHA treatment. CD96 level was upregulated 4.4-fold. (B) Thesechronically stimulated CD4+ T cells were incubated with anti-CD96antibodies in complete media for 5 hours at 37° C. in plates previouslycoated with 10 pg/ml of anti-CD3 (UCHT1) and 10 pg/ml of CD155-huFc.Secreted IL-2 in media was measured by ELISA (Invitrogen Cat#88-7025-88). As shown in FIG. 4B, IL2 secretion was increased byaddition of anti-CD96 antibodies mAb1.v7.NGS10 and h10G1 atconcentrations as low as 0.1 nM. This effect was seen in at least 3different donors. Dose titration of mAb1.v7.NGS10 demonstrated an EC₅₀of 53 μM for mAb1.v7.NGS10 (data not shown).

Primary Human PBMC Assay

Functional activity of the anti-CD96 antibodies was also tested onprimary human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). 2×10⁵/wellhuman PBMCs were plated in 96-well round-bottom plate. 10 pg/mlmAb1.v7.NGS10 or h10G1 or huIgG1(E−) isotype control Abs were added for30 min. The cells were then stimulated with 0.1 pg/ml anti-CD3 Ab and 1pg/ml anti-CD28 Ab for three days. (A) Cells were stained withfluorochrome-conjugated anti-CD3 (OKT3), anti-CD4 (OKT4), anti-CD8(SK1), anti-CD96 (6F9), anti-CD226 (11A8), anti-CD155 (2H7CD155),isotype control Abs (MOPC21) and live/dead staining dye. Surfaceexpression levels were analyzed by flow cytometry with a CytoFLEX(Beckman Coulter). As shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B surface expressionlevels of CD96 and CD226 were upregulated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28treatment. However, as shown in FIG. 5C, CD155 level was notdramatically changed.

IFNγ secretion into the supernatant also was analyzed by ELISA(Invitrogen Cat #88-7316-88). As shown in FIG. 6 , IFNγ secretion wasincreased by addition of anti-CD96 antibodies mAb1.v7.NGS10 and h10G1,and this effect was seen in at least 3 different donors. Dose titrationof h10G1 demonstrated an EC₅₀ of 23 μM (data not shown).

Example 8: In Vivo Tumor Models to Evaluate Activity of Anti-CD96Antibodies

This example illustrates in vivo tumor model studies of the functionalactivity of a surrogate anti-mo-CD96 antibody 3.3.

A. Validation of Surrogate Anti-Mo-CD96 Antibody 3.3 (Antigen Binding,Blocking)

Purified anti-mo-CD96 from clone 3.3 (hereinafter “3.3 antibody”) wasobtained from BioLegend (Part #93137). IgG was coupled to amine-reactiveOCTET sensors (ForteBio) at 20 mg/mL in sodium acetate pH 5.0 usingEDC/NHS chemistry according to the manufacturer's protocol. Recombinantmo-CD96 ectodomain (M1-M536, ThermoFisher) was diluted into PBScontaining 0.02% v/v Tween 20 and evaluated for binding to mAb2-coatedsensors at concentrations of 200 nM, 50 nM, 12.5 nM, 3.125 nM and 0.78nM. The resulting sensograms were fit with a 1:1 binding model to yielda K_(D) of 0.75 nM.

The 3.3 antibody was also tested for its ability to bind mo-CD96expressed on cells and block binding to soluble mouse CD155 protein. CHOcells stably expressing mo-CD96 (Origene, catalog #MR209314) wereincubated with the 3.3 antibody for 20 minutes at 4° C. Cells werewashed, and then incubated with 10 nM mouse CD155-huFc for 30 minutes at4° C. Cells were washed, and then CD155-huFc binding was detected byincubation with anti-human IgG-APC (Biolegend, catalog #409306) for 20minutes at 4° C. Cell binding was analyzed by flow cytometry with aCytoFLEX (Beckman Coulter). Antibody 3.3 inhibited mouse CD155 bindingwith an IC₅₀ of 4.8 nM.

The quality of all of the antibodies used for in vivo experiments werechecked using HPLC-SEC, A280, and mass-spec (intact reduced,non-reduced). In addition, endotoxin level was determined and acceptablecriteria is set at <0.5 EU/mg.

B. Subcutaneous Tumor Models—EMT6 and B16F10

A summary of the subcutaneous tumor model studies is shown in Table 22(below).

TABLE 22 Summary of in vivo subcutaneous tumor study protocol StrainTumor Volume at Model (Vendor) Cell number randomization Dosing EMT6Balb/ 4 × 10⁵ 75-120 mm³ 10 mg/kg of each cAnHsd (on Day 11) antibody ondays (Envigo) 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, 32 B16F10 C57BL/6J 5 × 10⁴ 48-104mm³ 10 mg/kg of each (Jackson (on Day 12) antibody on days Labs) 12, 15,19, 22, 26, 29, 33

Reagents: InVivoPlus Rat IgG2a Isotype control (3.38 mg/ml, Clone: 2A3,Catalog #BP0089, Lot #627416N1) was obtained from BioXcell. ULTRA-LEAF™Purified Rat IgG1 Isotype control (3.3 mg/ml, Clone: RTK2071, Lot#6252227) was obtained from BioLegend. InVivoPlus anti-mouse PD-1 (3.1mg/ml, Clone: RMP1-14, Catalog #: BP0146, Lot #66541751) was obtainedfrom BioXcell. ULTRA-LEAF™ Purified anti-mo-CD96 (3.3 mg/ml, Clone: 3.3,Part #93137, Lot #6252222) was obtained from BioLegend.

Animals and husbandry: Female mice (7-9 weeks of age) were used in thestudies. The animals were fed irradiated Harlan 2918.15 Rodent Diet andwater ad libitum. Animals were ear tagged for identification purposesand shaved on the left dorsal flank area in preparation of cellimplantation. Animals were housed in Innovive disposable ventilatedcaging with corn cob bedding at 60 complete air changes per hour. Theenvironment was controlled to a temperature range of 70°±2° F. and ahumidity range of 30-70%. All procedures carried out in this experimentwere conducted by skilled personnel in compliance with all the laws,regulations and guidelines of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)and with the approval of Explora Bio Labs' Animal Care and Use Committee(San Diego, Calif.).

Cell preparation and implantation: EMT6 and B16F10 cells were obtainedfrom ATCC. EMT6 cells were cultured and expanded in Waymouth's MB 752/1Medium with 2 mM L-glutamine, 15% fetal bovine serum (FBS), and 1% 100×Penicillin/Streptomycin (PS). B16F10 cells were cultured and expanded inDulbecco's Modified Eagles Medium (DMEM) with 10% fetal bovine serum(FBS), and 1% 100X Penicillin/Streptomycin (PS). The growth environmentwas maintained in an incubator with a 5% CO2 atmosphere at 37° C. Whenexpansion was complete, the cells (passage 3) were trypsinized using a0.25% trypsin-EDTA solution. The cells were then washed and counted.Pre-implantation cell viability was 92%-94%. The cells were placed in a1:1 solution of Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline (DPBS) and Matrigel(BD Biosciences, Catalog #354234) Test animals were sterilized at theimplantation site with an alcohol prep pad and were implantedsubcutaneously on Day 0 in 0.1 mL using a 25-gauge needle and 1 mLsyringe. 4×10⁵ EMT6 cells were implanted in Balb/c mice.

Measurements and antibody treatment: Tumors were allowed to grow andwere then randomized into study groups. Equal distribution of tumorvolumes was ensured by using the matched distribution method in StudyLogStudy Director version 3.1.399.8. Mice were distributed to ensure thatthe mean body weights for all groups were within 10% of the overall meantumor burden for the study population. Mice received twice weekly i.p.injections 10 mg/kg of each antibody treatment for 3 weeks and tumorvolumes were monitored. Group 1 received IgG2a and IgG1 isotype controlantibodies, group 2 received anti-PD1 and IgG1 isotype controlantibodies, and group 3 received anti-PD1 and anti-CD96 antibodies.

Assessment of side effects: All animals were observed for clinical signsof distress or toxicity at least once daily. Animals were weighed onceper week. If an individual animal showed overt signs of distress or 15%body weight loss, the individual animal was weighed daily. Animals wereeuthanized if body weight loss was in excess of 20% or other clinicalsigns that warranted euthanasia. Individual animals were euthanized whentheir tumor volume reached or exceeded 2000 mm³.

Results—Subcutaneous EMT6 and B16F10 Tumor Studies

Anti-tumor efficacy of anti-CD96 antibody 3.3 was evaluated in the EMT6subcutaneous syngeneic mouse model. As shown in Table 23 (below), thecombination treatment of an anti-PD1 and an anti-CD96 improved animalsurvival compared to single agent treatment with anti-PD1.

TABLE 23 EMT6 subcutaneous syngeneic mice with tumors <2000 mm³Treatment group Day 32 Day 38 Day 56 Control 11/15 (73%) 3/15 (20%) 0/15(0%) (Rat IgG2a control + Rat IgG1 control) Anti-PD1 single 10/15 (66%)6/15 (40%) 1/15 (7%) agent treatment (Rat anti-PD1 + Rat IgG1 control)Anti-PD1 + anti- 14/15 (93%) 11/15 (73%)   6/15 (40%) CD96 combination(Rat anti-PD1 + Rat anti-CD96)

Further, as shown in FIG. 7 , the combination treatment with anti-PD1and anti-CD96 decreased tumor volume in the EMT6 mouse model compared tosingle agent treatment with anti-PD1 or isotype control antibodies.

Anti-tumor efficacy of anti-CD96 antibody 3.3 also was evaluated in theB16F10 subcutaneous syngeneic mouse model. As shown in Table 24 (below)the combination treatment of anti-PD1 and anti-CD96 improved animalsurvival significantly compared to the single-agent treatment withanti-PD1 (p=0.02 for aPD1 v aPD1+aCD96 (Bonferroni adjusted)).

TABLE 24 B16F10 subcutaneous syngeneic mice with tumors <2000 mm³Treatment group Day 26 Day 31 Day 35 Control  6/15 (40%) 0/15 (0%)  0/15(0%) (Rat IgG2a control + Rat IgG1 control) Anti-PD1 12/15 (66%) 2/15(13%) 0/15 (0%) (Rat anti-PD1 + Rat IgG1 control) Anti-PD1 + anti-CD9614/15 (93%) 7/15 (46%) 1/15 (7%) (Rat anti-PD1 + Rat anti-CD96)

Further, as shown in FIG. 8 , the anti-PD1 and anti-CD96 combinationtreatment decreased tumor volume significantly in the B16F10 mouse modelcompared to the anti-PD1 single agent treatment or isotype controlantibody treatment.

I.V. Lung Metastasis Model—B16F10

Anti-tumor efficacy of anti-CD96 antibody 3.3 was evaluated in theB16F10 i.v. lung metastasis model. Mice received 250 pg of each antibodyvia i.p. injection on Day 0 and Day 3 relative to implantation. Furthermaterials and methods of the study are provided below.

Reagents: InVivoPlus Rat IgG2a Isotype control (7.8 mg/ml, Clone: 2A3,Catalog #: BP0089, Lot #627416N1) was obtained from BioXcell.ULTRA-LEAF™ Purified Rat IgG1 Isotype control (1.11 mg/ml, Clone:RTK2071, Part #: 92233, Lot #B231146) was obtained from BioLegend.InVivoPlus anti-mouse PD-1 (6.66 mg/ml, Clone: RMP1-14, Catalog #:BP0146, Lot #61461601) was obtained from BioXcell. InVivoPlus anti-mouseCTLA-4 (6.45 mg/ml, Clone: 9D9, Catalog #: BP0164, Lot #61981651) wasobtained from BioXcell. ULTRA-LEAF™ Purified anti-mo-CD96 (2.66 mg/ml,Clone: 3.3, Part #: 93137, Lot #B231145) was obtained from BioLegend.

Animals and husbandry: Female Envigo C57BL/6 mice (C57BL/6NHsd) wereused in this study. They were 6-7 weeks old on Day 1 of the experiment.The animals were fed irradiated Harlan 2918.15 Rodent Diet and water adlibitum. Animals were housed in Innovive disposable ventilated cagingwith corn cob bedding inside Biobubble® Clean Rooms that provide H.E.P.Afiltered air into the bubble environment at 100 complete air changes perhour. All treatments and body weight determinations were carried out inthe bubble environment. The environment was controlled to a temperaturerange of 70°±2° F. and a humidity range of 30-70%. All procedurescarried out in this experiment were conducted in compliance with all thelaws, regulations and guidelines of the National Institutes of Health(NIH) and with the approval of Molecular Imaging, Inc.'s Animal Care andUse Committee. Molecular Imaging, Inc. is an AAALAC accredited facility.

Cell preparation and implantation: B16F10 cells were obtained from ATCCand grown in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) which wassupplemented with 10% non-heat-inactivated Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and1% 100X Penicillin/Streptomycin/L-Glutamine (PSG). The growthenvironment was maintained in an incubator with a 5% CO2 atmosphere at37° C. When expansion was complete, the cells (passage 10) weretrypsinized using 0.25% trypsin-EDTA solution. The pre-implantation cellviability was 95%. Test animals were implanted intravenously, via thelateral tail vein on Day 0 with 2.0×10⁵ cells in 0.2 mL using a 27-gaugeneedle and syringe.

Sampling and lung metastasis counting: Whole blood and lungs weresampled from all mice on Day 14 after implantation. All mice wereeuthanized via over exposure to carbon dioxide. Whole blood wascollected via cardiac puncture. Following collection, 60% of the bloodcollected was added K₂EDTA coated Microtainers® and inverted severaltimes to ensure thorough mixing of the blood and EDTA. The same volume(1:1 ratio) of Streck Cell Preservative™ was added to the tube. Lungswere excised, placed in a Petri dish and laid flat. Lungs werephotographed on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces and discarded. Lungmetastases were counted using Image J software (see e.g., Rasband, W.S., ImageJ, U. S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA;available at: imagej.nih.gov/ij/, 1997-2016). Both ventral and dorsalsurfaces were counted. All metastases that were ranging from a lightgrey to black colors were counted. In case of merged nodules, the besteffort was made to distinguish the metastases and count as accurately aspossible. If there were too many nodules leading to black regions, thetissue was noted as “Too many to count” (TMTC). Raw counts were thensummed (ventral+dorsal surfaces) by animal and averaged by group. All“TMTC” lungs and lung without any metastases to count (0) were excludedfrom the final average calculation.

Assessment of side-effects: All animals were observed for clinical signsat least once daily. Animals were weighed on each day of treatment.Individual body weights were recorded 3 times weekly. Treatment-relatedweight loss in excess of 20% is generally considered unacceptably toxic.In this report, a dosage level is described as tolerated iftreatment-related weight loss (during and two weeks after treatment) is<20%.

Results—B16F10 i.v. Lung Metastasis Model

As shown in FIG. 9 , the anti-PD-1+anti-CD96 combination treatmentdecreased the number of lung metastases significantly compared toisotype control antibody treatment when evaluated 14 days afterimplantation (p=0.011 by Mann-Whitney U test, comparing isotype controlvs. anti-PD-1+anti-CD96).

Example 9: Design of a Bispecific Anti-CD96 Antibody

A bispecific antibody targeting both CD96 and another antigen target onNK or T cells, such as PD-1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, or KIR could also beused as an anti-tumor treatment. It is contemplated that a bispecificantibody comprising an anti-CD96 binding component of the presentdisclosure and another anti-tumor target binding component can beprepared with a common-light-chain manufacturing-friendly approach.

Example 10: Anti-CD96 Antibody Increases IFNγ and IL-2 Secretion fromPatient Derived PBMCs

Cancer patient PBMC assay: Functional activity of the anti-CD96antibodies was tested on primary cancer patient PBMCs. Primary cancerpatient PBMCs (Discovery Life Sciences) were incubated with antibodiesin complete media containing 0.1 pg/mL anti-CD3 Ab (commerciallyavailable from Thermo Fisher) and 1 pg/mL anti-CD28 Ab (commerciallyavailable from Thermo Fisher) in 384 well plates for 72 hours at 37° C.IFNγ and IL-2 levels in the supernatant were determined by ELISA (kitcommercially available from Thermo Fisher).

As shown in FIG. 10A, anti-CD96 antibody NGS8 increased PBMC secretionof IL-2 in samples derived from patients having various different cancertypes. Specifically, FIG. 10A shows the fold change in IL-2 production,normalized to isotype control, in samples treated with 100 nM of eithereffector minus NGS8 (“NGS8E−”; human IgG1 with N297G mutation) oreffector-containing NGS8 (“NGS8E+”; human IgG1 wildtype Fc). The first(left) marker of each data pair indicates the isotype control and thesecond (right) marker, linked by a line, indicates the fold-change fromisotype control following treatment with the specified antibody. FIG.10B shows the fold change in IFNγ production, normalized to isotypecontrol, in samples in samples treated with 100 nM of either effectorminus NGS8 (NGS8E−) or effector-containing NGS8 (NGS8E+) as assessed inthe cancer patient PBMC assay. As above, the first (left) marker of eachdata pair indicates the isotype control and the second (right) marker,linked by a line, indicates the fold-change from isotype controlfollowing treatment with the specified antibody. NGS8E− antibodytreatment significantly increased IFNγ production in four of elevenpatient PBMC samples. Collectively, FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B demonstratethat treatment with the anti-CD96 antibody stimulates cytokinesecretion, resulting in increases in IL-2 and/or IFNγ, in PBMC samplesobtained from subjects with various different cancers.

FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B further demonstrate stimulation of cytokinesecretion in primary PBMCs collected from a bladder cancer (transitionalcell carcinoma, NOS) patient. Specifically, the measured levels of IFNγ(“IFNg”; FIG. 11A) and IL-2 (FIG. 11B) are shown after treatment with100 nM or 10 nM NGS8E+ or NGS8E−, relative to treatment withcorresponding effector-containing (Iso IgG1E+) or effector-minus (IsoIgG1E−) isotype controls. Statistically significant increases (indicatedwith asterisks) in IFNγ were seen after 100 nM and 10 nM treatments andin IL-2 after the 100 nM treatment. These results further demonstratethe stimulation of cytokine secretion in cancer patient derived PBMCsfollowing treatment with anti-CD96 antibodies described herein.

Example 11: Mapping of Anti-CD96 Antibody Binding Sites ViaSite-Directed Mutagenesis

Site-directed mutagenesis, mutating hCD96 residues to correspondingcyCD96 residues in the D1 domain, was performed to map the binding sitesof anti-CD96 antibodies. The highly homologous human and cynomolgusmonkey CD96 amino acid sequences were aligned and the human residues atthe indicated positions (see Table 25) were mutated to the correspondingresidue in the cyno protein to generate the “human-to-cyno” mutations.Binding to cells transfected to express human-to-cyno mutated forms ofCD96 was assessed and the resulting effects on binding of the indicatedantibody are shown in the following table.

TABLE 25 Effects on antibody binding of site-directed mutagenesis CD96Effect on Effect on Effect on Residue Human Cyno binding of binding ofbinding of Position(s) Residue(s) Residue(s) 9H4 mAb1 16D9 or 1G8 49-50TV AK No effect Lost Lost binding binding 53 F L No effect No effect Noeffect 63 N D No effect No effect 65 I A No effect No effect 70 V L Noeffect No effect No effect 78 Y H Lost No effect No effect binding 83 RS No effect No effect 93 E Q No effect No effect No effect 110 C S 121 VT Increased Slightly Slightly binding increased increased bindingbinding

Example 12: Secondary Binding of NGS8 and 10G1 Antibodies to CD226

In order to assess the generated antibodies for secondary binding toCD226, sequences encoding human CD226 (“hu-CD226”) (SEQ ID NO: 482) andcyno CD226 (“cy-CD226”) (SEQ ID NO: 483) (see Table 26 and SequenceListing) were each cloned into pcDNA3.1 expression vector and Expi293cells were separately transfected with plasmid containing either thehu-CD226 or cy-CD226 coding sequence. Starting concentrations of 1 μMand corresponding 3X serial dilutions of each antibody, NGS8, 10G1, andMABT398 (CD226 positive control, EMD Millipore, Burlington, Mass., USA),were prepared for staining. Secondary antibodies employed included goatanti-mouse F(ab)2-PE (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA) and goatanti-human F(ab)2-PE (Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, Pa., USA).

TABLE 26 encoded CD226 amino acid sequences used in assay: huCD226MDYPTLLLALLHVYRALCEEVLWHTSVPFAENMSLECVYPSMGILTQVEWFK (NP_006557.2)IGTQQDSIAIFSPTHGMVIRKPYAERVYFLNSTMASNNMTLFFRNASEDDVGYYSCSLYTYPQGTWQKVIQVVQSDSFEAAVPSNSHIVSEPGKNVTLTCQPQMTWPVQAVRWEKIQPRQIDLLTYCNLVHGRNFTSKFPRQIVSNCSHGRWSVIVIPDVTVSDSGLYRCYLQASAGENETFVMRLTVAEGKTDNQYTLFVAGGTVLLLLFVISITTIIVIFLNRRRRRERRDLFTESWDTQKAPNNYRSPISTSQPTNQSMDDTREDIYVNYPTFSRRPKTRVDYKDDDDK(SEQ ID NO: 482; signal sequence underlined,  flag tag in bold) cyCD226MDYPTLLLALLHVYRALCEEVLWHTSVPFAENMSLECVYPSVGILTQVEWFK (XP_005586537.1)IGTEKDSIAIFSPTHGMVIRKPYAERVYFLNSTMASNNMTLFFRNASEDDVGYYSCSLYTYPQGTWQKVIQVVQSDGFEAAVPPNSHIVSEPGKNITLTCQPQMTWPVQEVRWEKVQPHQIDLLTYCDLVHGRNFTSKFPRQIVSNCSHGSWSFIVVPDVTASDSGLYRCHLQASAGENETFVMRLTVAEGQTDNQYTRFVTGGTVLLLLFVISITTIIVIFLNRRRRRERNDLYTESWDTQKAPKNYRSPISANQPTNQSMDDTREDIYVNYPTFSRRPKTRVDYKDDDDK(SEQ ID NO: 483; signal sequence underlined,  flag tag in bold)

Samples, each containing one million transfected cells, were stainedwith primary antibody for 1 hr and secondary antibody for 30 min at 4°C. with agitation. Stained cells were washed in FACS buffer (1% BSA inPBS), fixed in 4% freshly prepared paraformaldehyde, and analyzed byflow cytometry. Ten thousand events were collected for each sample andcurves, showing the fold change in CD226 binding, were separatelyplotted for hu-CD226 (FIG. 12A) and cy-CD226 (FIG. 12B) expressingcells. Calculated EC₅₀ values are provided in the following table.

TABLE 27 FACS binding of antibodies to hu-CD226 and cy-CD226 hu-CD226cy-CD226 mAb EC50(nM) EC50(nM) NGS8 48.13 143 10G1 232.1 N.D. MABT3981.289 2.54

To determine the binding affinity to hu-CD226 and cy-CD226 ofmAb1.v7.NGS8, h10G1, hCD155 and anti-hCD226 antibody DX11 (Abcam, cat#Ab33397), SPR measurement with a BIACORE™ 8K instrument was performed.Briefly, a 1:4 dilution of Biotin CAPture Reagent (GE Healthcare) intoHBS-EP buffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl, 3 mM EDTA, 0.005%Surfactant P20) was applied to the chip at 2 μL/min flow rate. For thekinetics measurements, 5 μg/ml of biotinylated hu-CD226 His tag (Sinobiological, cat #10565-H08H) and cy-CD226 His tag (Arco biosystems, cat#DN1-052H9) was captured at 10 μL/min to achieve ˜50 response units inthe second flow cell (FC2). FC1 was kept as a reference. Next, 3-foldserial dilutions of IgG in HBS-P buffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 MNaCl, 0.005% surfactant P20) from low (1.3 nM) to high (1000 nM)concentration were injected (flow rate: 30 μL/min) at 25° C. Thesensorgram was recorded and subject to reference and buffer subtractionbefore evaluating by BIACORE® 8K Evaluation Software (version1.1.1.7442). Association rates (k_(on)) and dissociation rates (k_(off))were calculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir binding model. Theequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) value was calculated as theratio of k_(off)/k_(on). Steady state fitting analysis, usingmanufacturer's instrument settings (Biacore, Inc., Uppsala, Sweden), wasused in some instances due to fast association/dissociation rate. TheBIACORE® determined binding affinity values are summarized in Table 28.

TABLE 28 Binding affinity of IgGs or receptor binding to hu-CD226 andcy-CD226 hu-CD226 cy-CD226 IgG KD (nM) K_(D) (nM) mAb1.v7.NGS8 631*84.8* h10G1 No binding No binding hCD155 161* 67.5* DX11   6.9  0.02*steady state fitting

The above demonstrates that NGS8 binds to both hu-CD226 and cy-CD226,with SPR measured affinities in the 1 μM to 50 nM range. Thus, inaddition to binding CD96 with at least nanomolar and even subnanomolaraffinities, in some embodiments, anti-CD96 antibodies of the presentdisclosure also have demonstrated secondary affinity, e.g., of 700 nM orless, for CD226 which, like CD96, interacts with CD155 expressed onanother cell.

Notwithstanding the appended claims, the disclosure set forth herein isalso defined by the following clauses, which may be beneficial alone orin combination, with one or more other causes or embodiments. Withoutlimiting the foregoing description, certain non-limiting clauses of thedisclosure numbered as below are provided, wherein each of theindividually numbered clauses may be used or combined with any of thepreceding or following clauses. Thus, this is intended to providesupport for all such combinations and is not necessarily limited tospecific combinations explicitly provided below:

1. An anti-CD96 antibody comprising: (i) a first light chainhypervariable region (HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region(HVR-L2), and a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3), and/or(ii) a first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavychain hypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H3); wherein:

(a) HVR-L1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from KASQNVGTAIV(SEQ ID NO: 13), KSSQSLLDSDGKTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 17), RVSQDISFWLS (SEQ IDNO: 21), RASSNVKYMY (SEQ ID NO: 25), KASQSVTFADTGLMH (SEQ ID NO: 29),RSSTGAVTTSNYAN (SEQ ID NO: 33), RASQDIYRNLH (SEQ ID NO: 37), orRASQXIXXNXH (SEQ ID NO: 308), wherein X at position 5 is D, A, E, G, H,K, N, P, Q, S, or T; X at position 7 is Y, or F; X at position 8 is R,K, or Q; X at position 10 is L, I, M, or V;

(b) HVR-L2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SASTRYT (SEQID NO: 14), LVSKLDS (SEQ ID NO: 18), KASNLHT (SEQ ID NO: 22), YTSNLAS(SEQ ID NO: 26), RASNLEV (SEQ ID NO: 30), GTNNRAP (SEQ ID NO: 34),HASDSIS (SEQ ID NO: 38), or HAXXXXS (SEQ ID NO: 325), wherein X atposition 3 is S, or E; X at position 4 is D, E, K, or Q; X at position 5is S, H, L, R, or V; X at position 6 is I, or V;

(c) HVR-L3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from QQYSSSPLT (SEQID NO: 15), LQATHSPQT (SEQ ID NO: 19), LQSQSYPYT (SEQ ID NO: 23),QQFTSSPLT (SEQ ID NO: 27), QQSREYPWT (SEQ ID NO: 31), SLWYGSHWV (SEQ IDNO: 35), LQGYSMPYT (SEQ ID NO: 39), or XQGYXMPXT (SEQ ID NO: 335),wherein X at position 1 is L, G, M, or Q; X at position 5 is S, A, E, Q,or V; X at position 8 is Y, or F;

(d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from TNNWMH (SEQ IDNO: 41), GYGVT (SEQ ID NO: 45), TDYYIN (SEQ ID NO: 49), NDYYIN(SEQ IDNO: 53), SDYYMY (SEQ ID NO: 57), TNYGIH (SEQ ID NO: 61), TTYGMS (SEQ IDNO: 65), XNXXXH (SEQ ID NO: 72), wherein X at position 1 is T, A, D, E,G, H, K, N, Q, R, S, V, W, or Y; X at position 3 is N, A, F, G, H, M, R,S, V, or Y; X at position 4 is W, or F; X at position 5 is M, A, D, E,F, G, L, N, Q, R, S, T, V, or W, or XXXGXS (SEQ ID NO: 344), wherein Xat position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R, or S; X at position 2is T, D, E, G, H, N, Q, or S; X at position 3 is Y, F, M, or Q; X atposition 5 is M, I, L, or V;

(e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from MIHPNSGITNINE(SEQ ID NO: 42), EIYPGTVITYYNA (SEQ ID NO: 46), WIFPGTEGIYYNE (SEQ IDNO: 50), WIFPGRIITYYNE (SEQ ID NO: 54), AISDDGTYTYYPD (SEQ ID NO: 58),IIWAGGSTNYNSA (SEQ ID NO: 62), WINTDSGVPTYAD (SEQ ID NO: 66),XXHXXXXXXXXNX (SEQ ID NO: 107), wherein X at position 1 is M or F; X atposition 2 is I, L, M, or V; X at position 4 is P, A, D, E, F, G, H, I,K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T, V, or W; X at position 5 is N, A, D, E, F, G, H,I, K, L, M, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is S, A, G, T, or V;X at position 7 is G, A, or S; X at position 8 is I, A, or V; X atposition 9 is T, A, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, V, W, or Y; X atposition 10 is N, A, M, or S; X at position 11 is I, F, G, H, K, L, M,N, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y; X at position 13 is E, A, D, G, H, K, L, M,N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, or Y, or WINTXXGVPTYAD (SEQ ID NO: 369), whereinX at position 5 is D, or E; X at position 6 is S, or T;

(f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from RSDGTYEGYFDY(SEQ ID NO: 43), ARGLGRAMDY (SEQ ID NO: 47), AREGDYRYYSPLGY (SEQ ID NO:51), ARGVGEGFDY (SEQ ID NO: 55), AKAGSYDYFDV (SEQ ID NO: 59), ARVSMMGFAY(SEQ ID NO: 63), ARNIYYGWGNFDY (SEQ ID NO: 67), RXDXXXXXY (SEQ ID NO:203), wherein X at position 2 is S, A, F, G, I, L, M, N, R, T, V, W, orY; X at position 4 is G, or W; X at position 5 is T, D, E, F, H, I, K,L, M, N, Q, V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is Y, D, F, H, N, R, or W; X atposition 7 is E, D, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R, V, or Y; X at position 8 is G,K, R, S, or T, or ARXIYYGWGXFDY (SEQ ID NO: 372), wherein X at position3 is N, or M; X at position 10 is N, F, H, or Y.

2. The antibody of clause 1, wherein: (a) HVR-L1 comprises the aminoacid sequence of KASQNVGTAIV (SEQ ID NO: 13); (b) HVR-L2 comprises theamino acid sequence of SASTRYT (SEQ ID NO: 14); (c) HVR-L3 comprises theamino acid sequence of QQYSSSPLT (SEQ ID NO: 15).3. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-2, wherein:

(a) HVR-H1 comprises the amino acid sequence of XNXXXH (SEQ ID NO: 72),wherein X at position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, N, Q, R, S, V, W, or Y;X at position 3 is N, A, F, G, H, M, R, S, V, or Y; X at position 4 isW, or F; X at position 5 is M, A, D, E, F, G, L, N, Q, R, S, T, V, or W;

(b) HVR-H2 comprises the amino acid sequence of XXHXXXXXXXXNX (SEQ IDNO: 107), wherein X at position 1 is M or F; X at position 2 is I, L, M,or V; X at position 4 is P, A, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T,V, or W; X at position 5 is N, A, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, Q, R, S, T,V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is S, A, G, T, or V; X at position 7 is G,A, or S; X at position 8 is I, A, or V; X at position 9 is T, A, D, E,G, H, I, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, V, W, or Y; X at position 10 is N, A, M,or S; X at position 11 is I, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T, V, W, orY; X at position 13 is E, A, D, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W,or Y;

(c) HVR-H3 comprises the amino acid sequence of RXDXXXXXY (SEQ ID NO:203), wherein X at position 2 is S, A, F, G, I, L, M, N, R, T, V, W, orY; X at position 4 is G, or W; X at position 5 is T, D, E, F, H, I, K,L, M, N, Q, V, W, or Y; X at position 6 is Y, D, F, H, N, R, or W; X atposition 7 is E, D, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R, V, or Y; X at position 8 is G,K, R, S, or T.

4. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-3, wherein: (a) HVR-H1 comprisesan amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 41, 73-106; (b) HVR-H2comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 42, 108-202;(c) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:43, 204-249.5. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-4, wherein: (a) HVR-L1 comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13; (b) HVR-L2 comprises the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14; (c) HVR-L3 comprises the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 15; (d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOs: 41, 73-106; (e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acidsequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 42, 108-202; (f) HVR-H3 comprises anamino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 43, 204-249.6. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-5, wherein: (a) HVR-L1 comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13; (b) HVR-L2 comprises the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14; (c) HVR-L3 comprises the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 15; (d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOs: 41, 83, 91, 92, 94, 95, 102; (e) HVR-H2comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 42, 108, 112,113, 116, 118, 122, 125, 138, 178, 181, 190, 197; (f) HVR-H3 comprisesan amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 43, 208, 219, 221, 223,227.7. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-6, wherein: (a) HVR-L1 comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13; (b) HVR-L2 comprises the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14; (c) HVR-L3 comprises the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 15; (d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOs: 41, or 95; (e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acidsequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 42, 108, 112, 113, 190, or 197; (f)HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 43,221, or 227.8. The antibody of clause 1, wherein:

(a) HVR-L1 comprises the amino acid sequence of RASQXIXXNXH (SEQ ID NO:308), wherein X at position 5 is D, A, E, G, H, K, N, P, Q, S, or T; Xat position 7 is Y, or F; X at position 8 is R, K, or Q; X at position10 is L, I, M, or V;

(b) HVR-L2 comprises the amino acid sequence of HAXXXXS (SEQ ID NO:325), wherein X at position 3 is S, or E; X at position 4 is D, E, K, orQ; X at position 5 is S, H, L, R, or V; X at position 6 is I, or V;

(c) HVR-L3 comprises the amino acid sequence of XQGYXMPXT (SEQ ID NO:335), wherein X at position 1 is L, G, M, or Q; X at position 5 is S, A,E, Q, or V; X at position 8 is Y, or F.

9. The antibody of any one of clauses 1 or 8, wherein: (a) HVR-L1comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 37, 309-324;(b) HVR-L2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:38, 326-334; (c) HVR-L3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 39, 336-343.10. The antibody of any one of clauses 1, or 8-9, wherein:

(a) HVR-H1 comprises the amino acid sequence of or XXXGXS (SEQ ID NO:344), wherein X at position 1 is T, A, D, E, G, H, K, M, N, Q, R, or S;X at position 2 is T, D, E, G, H, N, Q, or S; X at position 3 is Y, F,M, or Q; X at position 5 is M, I, L, or V;

(b) HVR-H2 comprises the amino acid sequence of WINTXXGVPTYAD (SEQ IDNO: 369), wherein X at position 5 is D, or E; X at position 6 is S, orT;

(c) HVR-H3 comprises the amino acid sequence of XIYYGWGXFDY (SEQ ID NO:372), wherein X at position 1 is N, or M; X at position 8 is N, F, H, orY.

11. The antibody of any one of clauses 1, 8-10, wherein: (a) HVR-H1comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 65, 345-368;(b) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:66, 370-371; (c) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 67, 373-376.12. The antibody of any one of clauses 1, 8-11, wherein: (a) HVR-L1comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37, 309-324; (b) HVR-L2comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 38, 326-334; (c) HVR-L3comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39, 336-343; (d) HVR-H1comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 65, 345-368;(e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:66, 370-371; (f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 67, 373-376.13. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, wherein the antibodycomprises: a first light chain framework region (FR-L1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 276; a second light chain frameworkregion (FR-L2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 277; athird light chain framework region (FR-L3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 278; and a fourth light chain framework region(FR-L4) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 279.14. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-13, wherein the antibodycomprises: a first heavy chain framework region (FR-H1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 292; a second heavy chain frameworkregion (FR-H2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 293; athird heavy chain framework region (FR-H3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 294; and a fourth heavy chain framework region(FR-H4) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 295.15. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, wherein the antibodycomprises: a first light chain framework region (FR-L1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 280; a second light chain frameworkregion (FR-L2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 281; athird light chain framework region (FR-L3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 282; and a fourth light chain framework region(FR-L4) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 283;16. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, or 15 wherein the antibodycomprises: a first heavy chain framework region (FR-H1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 300; a second heavy chain frameworkregion (FR-H2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 301; athird heavy chain framework region (FR-H3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 302; and a fourth heavy chain framework region(FR-H4) comprising an amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 303.17. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, wherein the antibodycomprises: a first light chain framework region (FR-L1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 284; a second light chain frameworkregion (FR-L2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 285; athird light chain framework region (FR-L3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 286; and a fourth light chain framework region(FR-L4) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 287.18. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, or 17, wherein the antibodycomprises: a first heavy chain framework region (FR-H1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 296; a second heavy chain frameworkregion (FR-H2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297; athird heavy chain framework region (FR-H3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 298; and a fourth heavy chain framework region(FR-H4) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 299.19. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, wherein the antibodycomprises: a first light chain framework region (FR-L1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 288; a second light chain frameworkregion (FR-L2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 289; athird light chain framework region (FR-L3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 290; and a fourth light chain framework region(FR-L4) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 291;20. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-12, or 19 wherein the antibodycomprises: a first heavy chain framework region (FR-H1) comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 304; a second heavy chain frameworkregion (FR-H2) comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 305; athird heavy chain framework region (FR-H3) comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 306; and a fourth heavy chain framework region(FR-H4) comprising an amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 307.21. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-20, wherein the antibodycomprises a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 12,16, 20, 24, 28, 32, or 36; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selectedfrom SEQ ID NO: 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, or 64.22. The antibody of clause 21, wherein the antibody comprises a lightchain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 12, and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 40.23. The antibody of clause 21, wherein the antibody comprises a lightchain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 36, and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 64.24. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-20, wherein the antibodycomprises a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 440, 441, 442, 443, 444,445, or 446; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 447, 448, 449,450, 451, 452, 453, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, or 490.25. The antibody of clause 24, wherein the antibody comprises a lightchain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 440; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 447, or 484.26. The antibody of clause 24, wherein the antibody comprises a lightchain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 446; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 453, or 490.27. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-6, wherein the antibodycomprises a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 68, and/or a heavy chainvariable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identityto a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 69, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255,256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269,270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 460, 461, 462, 463, or 464.28. The antibody of clause 27, wherein the antibody comprises a lightchain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68.29. The antibody of any one of clauses 27 or 28, wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceselected from SEQ ID NO: 69, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257,258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271,272, 273, 274, or 275.30. The antibody of clause 27, wherein the antibody comprises:31. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 69;32. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 250;33. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 251;34. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 252;35. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 253;36. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 254;37. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 255;38. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 256;39. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 257;40. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 258;41. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 259;42. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 260;43. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 261;44. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 262;45. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 263;46. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 264;47. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 265;48. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 266;49. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 267;50. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 268;51. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 269;52. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 270;53. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 271;54. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 272;55. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 273;56. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 274; or57. the light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 68, and the heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 275.58. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-6, wherein the antibodycomprises a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 454, and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ IDNO: 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 491, 492, 493,494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, or 500.59. The antibody of clause 31, wherein the antibody comprises:60. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 455;61. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 456;62. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 457;63. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 458;64. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 459;65. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 491;66. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 492;67. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 493;68. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 494; or69. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 495.70. The antibody of any one of clauses 1, 7-12, wherein the antibodycomprises a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 70,and 373-409; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ IDNO: 71, and 410-439.71. The antibody of clause 33, wherein the antibody comprises a lightchain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence selected from SEQ IDNO: 70, and 377-409.72. The antibody of any one of clauses 33 or 34, wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceselected from SEQ ID NO: 71, and 410-439.73. The antibody of any one of clauses 1, 7-12, wherein the antibodycomprises a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 470; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 471 or 501.74. The antibody of clause 36, wherein the antibody comprises:75. the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 470, and theheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 471 or 501.76. An anti-CD96 antibody comprising:77. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, anda third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15;and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO:72, a second heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO:107, and a third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO:203; or78. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 308,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 325, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 335,and/or a first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO:344, a second heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO:369, and a third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO:372.79. An anti-CD96 antibody comprising:80. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;81. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;82. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 108, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;83. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 112, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;84. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 190, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;85. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 197, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;86. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 221;87. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 227;88. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 112, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 221;89. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 112, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 227;90. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 113, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 221;91. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 95, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 113, anda third heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 227; or92. a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 37,a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 38, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 39; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 65, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 66, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 67.93. An anti-CD96 antibody comprising:94. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 69;95. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 250;96. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 251;97. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 252;98. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 253;99. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 254;100. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 255;101. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 256;102. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 257;103. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 258;104. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 259;105. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 260;106. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 261;107. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 262;108. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 263;109. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 264;110. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 265;111. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 266;112. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 267;113. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 268;114. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 269;115. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 270;116. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 271;117. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 272;118. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 273;119. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 274;120. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 275;121. a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 70; and/or a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 71.122. An anti-CD96 antibody comprising:123. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 440; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 447;124. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 441; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 448;125. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 442; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 449;126. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 443; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 450;127. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 444; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 451;128. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 445; and aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 452;129. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 446; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 453;130. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 455;131. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 456;132. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 457;133. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 458;134. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 459;135. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 470; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 471;136. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 491;137. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 492;138. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 493;139. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 494;140. a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 495; or 141. a lightchain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 470; and/or a heavy chain(HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 501;142. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-41, wherein the antibody bindsto human CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸M or less, 1×10⁻⁹M orless, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹M or less; optionally, wherein thebinding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(D)) to a hu-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4.143. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-42, wherein the antibody bindsto cynomolgus monkey CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸M or less,1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹M or less; optionally,wherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociationconstant (K_(D)) to a cy-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7.144. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-43, wherein the antibody bindsto human CD96 and to cynomolgus monkey CD96 with a binding affinity of1×10⁻⁸M or less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹M orless; optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured byequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD96 polypeptide ofSEQ ID NO: 4 and a cy-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7.145. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-44, wherein the antibody bindsto human CD96 isoform 1 expressed on a cell with an antibody EC₅₀concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less;optionally, wherein the cell is a HEK293T cell.146. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-45, wherein the antibody bindsto human CD96 isoform 2 expressed on a cell with an antibody EC₅₀concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less;optionally, wherein the cell is a CHO cell.147. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-46, wherein the antibody bindsto human PBMCs with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nMor less, or 0.1 nM or less.148. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-47, wherein the antibody bindsto cynomolgus monkey PBMCs with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nMor less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.149. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-48, wherein the antibodydecreases binding of human CD155 to human CD96 expressed on CHO cells byat least 90%, at least 95%, at least 99%, or 100%; optionally, whereinat a human CD155 concentration of 10 nM the antibody has an IC₅₀ of 5 nMor less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.150. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-49, wherein the antibodyincreases IFNγ secretion from human PBMCs by at least 1.8-fold, at least1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least 2.1 fold, or at least 2.20-fold;optionally, wherein the antibody has an EC₅₀ concentration of 0.3 nM orless, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.151. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-50, wherein the antibodyincreases IL-2 secretion from human PBMCs by at least 1.8-fold, at least1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least 2.1 fold, or at least 2.20-fold;optionally, wherein the antibody has an EC₅₀ concentration of 0.3 nM orless, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.152. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-51, wherein the antibody bindsto human and/or cynomolgus monkey CD226 expressed on cells, optionallyHEK293 cells, with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 500 nM or less, 300nM or less, 250 nM or less, 200 nM or less, 150 nM or less, 100 nM orless, or 50 nM or less.153. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-52, wherein the antibody bindsto human CD226 with a binding affinity of 1 μM or less, 900 nM or less,800 nM or less, 700 nM or less, from 1 μM to 50 nM, or from 800 nM to200 nM; optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured byequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a huCD226 polypeptide ofSEQ ID NO: 482.154. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-53, wherein the antibody bindsto cynomolgus monkey CD226 with a binding affinity of 1 μM or less, 800nM or less, 500 nM or less, 300 nM or less, 100 nM or less, from 1 μM to50 nM, from 500 nM to 60 nM, or from 300 nM to 70 nM; optionally,wherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociationconstant (K_(D)) to a cyCD226 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 483.155. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-54, wherein the antibodyspecifically binds to one or more amino acid residues within domain 1 ofhu-CD96, wherein domain 1 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 5; optionally, wherein the one or more amino acid residues compriseT28 and V29 of SEQ ID NO: 5.156. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-55, wherein the antibody doesnot bind to amino acid residues within domain 2 and/or domain 3 of humanCD96.157. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-55, wherein the antibodycross-reacts with a cynomolgus monkey CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7.158. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-57, wherein the antibody is amonoclonal antibody.159. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-58, wherein the antibody is arecombinant antibody.160. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-59, wherein the antibody is achimeric antibody.161. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-60, wherein the antibody is ahumanized or human antibody.162. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-61, wherein the antibody is anantibody fragment, optionally selected from the group consisting ofF(ab′)2, Fab′, Fab, Fv, single domain antibody (VHH), single-armantibody, and scFv.163. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-61, wherein the antibody is afull-length antibody of class IgG; optionally, wherein the class IgGantibody has an isotype selected from IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4.164. The antibody of clause 63, wherein the antibody is an Fc regionvariant; optionally wherein the Fc region variant alters effectorfunction or alters half-life.165. The antibody of clause 64, wherein the Fc region variant decreaseseffector function and/or results in an effectorless antibody;optionally, wherein the Fc region variant comprises an amino acidsubstitution at position 297 resulting in effectorless function.166. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-65, wherein the antibody is animmunoconjugate; optionally, wherein the immunoconjugate comprises atherapeutic agent for treatment of CD96-mediated condition or disease;optionally, wherein the therapeutic agent is a chemotherapeutic agent orcytotoxic agent for the treatment of cancer.167. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-66, wherein the antibody is amultispecific antibody, optionally a bispecific antibody.168. The antibody of clause 67, wherein the antibody is a bispecificantibody comprising a specificity for an antigen selected from PD1,TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160,LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D,NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R, CD73, CD83,CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA; optionally, wherein the antigen isselected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM.169. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-69, wherein the antibody is asynthetic antibody comprising the CDRs grafted onto a scaffold otherthan an immunoglobulin scaffold or immunoglobulin framework, optionallya scaffold selected from an alternative protein scaffold, and anartificial polymer scaffold.170. An anti-CD96 antibody that specifically binds to the same epitopeas the antibody of any one of clauses 1-69.171. An anti-CD96 antibody, wherein the antibody specifically binds toone or more amino acid residues within domain 1 of human CD96, whereindomain 1 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; optionally,wherein the one or more amino acid residues within domain 1 of humanCD96 comprise residues 28 and 29 of SEQ ID NO: 5 corresponding toresidues 49 and 50 of human CD96 of SEQ ID NO: 2.172. An isolated polynucleotide encoding the antibody of any one ofclauses 1-71.173. The polynucleotide of clause 72, further comprising a nucleotidesequence encoding a signal peptide (SP).174. The polynucleotide of clause 72, wherein the polynucleotide encodesa light chain and a heavy chain.175. The polynucleotide of clause 72, wherein the polynucleotidecomprises a polynucleotide sequence comprising one or more codonsselected for optimal expression of the antibody in a mammalian cell.176. The polynucleotide of clause 72, wherein the polynucleotidesequence comprises one or more codons selected for optimal expression ofthe antibody in a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell.177. A vector comprising a polynucleotide of any one of clauses 72-76.178. An isolated host cell comprising the vector of clause 77.179. A host cell comprising a polynucleotide of any one of clauses72-76.180. An isolated host cell that expresses the antibody of any one ofclauses 1-71.181. The host cell of clause 80, wherein the host cell is selected froma Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell, a myeloma cell (e.g., Y0, NS0,Sp2/0), a monkey kidney cell (COS7), a human embryonic kidney line(293), a baby hamster kidney cell (BHK), a mouse Sertoli cell (e.g.,TM4), an African green monkey kidney cell (VERO-76), a human cervicalcarcinoma cell (HELA), a canine kidney cell, a human lung cell (W138), ahuman liver cell (Hep G2), a mouse mammary tumor cell, a TRI cell, anMRC 5 cell, and a FS4 cell.182. A method of producing an antibody comprising culturing the hostcell of any one of clauses 78-81 so that an antibody is produced.183. A hybridoma that produces an antibody of any one of clauses 1-71.184. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD96 antibody ofany one of clauses 1-71 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.185. The pharmaceutical composition of clause 84, wherein the anti-CD96antibody is the sole active agent of the composition.186. The pharmaceutical composition of clause 84, wherein thecomposition comprises an additional active agent.187. The pharmaceutical composition of clause 86, wherein the additionalactive agent is a chemotherapeutic agent.188. The pharmaceutical composition of clause 86, wherein the additionalactive agent is an antibody comprising a specificity for an immunecheckpoint molecule.189. The pharmaceutical composition of clause 88, wherein the immunecheckpoint molecule is selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR,TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40,CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33,CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, andVISTA; optionally, wherein the immune checkpoint molecule is selectedfrom PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM.190. The pharmaceutical composition of clause 86, wherein the additionalactive agent is an antibody comprising a specificity for PD1;optionally, wherein the antibody comprising a specificity for PD1 isselected from dostarlimab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and pidilizumab.191. A method of treating a CD96 mediated disease in a subject,comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effectiveamount of an antibody of any one of clauses 1-71, or administering tothe subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceuticalcomposition of any one of clauses 84-90.192. A method of treating a disease mediated by binding to CD155expressed on cells in a subject, the method comprising administering tothe subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody of any oneof clauses 1-71, or administering to the subject a therapeuticallyeffective amount of a pharmaceutical composition of any one of clauses84-90.193. A method of treating a disease mediated by CD226 and/or TIGIT in asubject, the method comprising administering to the subject atherapeutically effective amount of an antibody of any one of clauses1-71, or administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amountof a pharmaceutical composition of any one of clauses 84-90.194. A method of treating cancer in a subject, the method comprisingadministering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of anantibody of any one of clauses 1-71, or administering to the subject atherapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition of anyone of clauses 84-90; optionally, wherein the cancer is selected fromadrenal gland cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer,cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, EGJ adenocarcinoma, esophagealcancer, gall bladder cancer, gastric cancer, head and neck cancer, heartcancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, melanoma,mesothelioma, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreaticcancer, prostate cancer, spleen cancer, small cell lung cancer,testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, and uterine cancer.195. The method of any one of clauses 91-94, wherein the antibody is abispecific antibody comprising a specificity for an antigen selectedfrom PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244,CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa,NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R, CD73,CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA; optionally, wherein the antigen isselected from PD-1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM.196. The method of any one of clauses 91-95, wherein the methodcomprises co-administering to the subject a therapeutically effectiveamount of an antibody comprising a specificity for PD1; optionally,wherein the antibody comprising a specificity for PD1 is selected fromdostarlimab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and pidilizumab.197. A method of treating a pathogenic infection in a subject, themethod comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically amountof an antibody of any one of clauses 1-71, or administering to thesubject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceuticalcomposition of any one of clauses 84-90; optionally, wherein thepathogenic infection is selected from: Acinetobacter baumannii.Acinetobacter lwoffii, Acinetobacter spp. (incl. MDR), Actinomycetes,Adenovirus, Aeromonas spp., Alcaligenes faecalis, Alcaligenesspp./Achromobacter spp., Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (incl. ESBL/MRGN),Arbovirus, Aspergillus spp., Astrovirus. Bacillus anthracis, Bacilluscereus, Bacillus subtilis, Bacteroides fragilis, Bartonella quintana.Bordetella pertussis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia recurrentis,Brevundimonas diminuta, Brevundimonas vesicularis, Brucella spp.,Burkholderia cepacia (incl. MDR), Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderiapseudomallei. Campylobacter jejuni/coli, Candida albicans, Candidakrusei. Candida parapsilosis, Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Chlamydiapneumoniae. Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia trachomatis. Citrobacter spp.,Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens,Clostridium letani, Coronavirus (incl. SARS- and MERS-CoV),Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis,Corynebacterium spp., Corynebacterium ulcerans. Coxiella burnetii,Coxsackievirus, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Cryptococcusneoformans, Cryptosporidium hominis, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclosporacayetanensis, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Dengue virus, Ebola virus,Echovirus, Entamoeba histolytica, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobactercloacae (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Enterococcus faecalis (incl. VRE),Enterococcus faecium (incl. VRE), Enterococcus hirae, Epidermophytonspp., Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Escherichia coli (incl. EHEC, EPEC,ETEC, EIEC, EAEC, ESBL/MRGN, DAEC), Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV),Francisella tularensis, Giardia lamblia, Haemophilus influenzae,Hantavirus, Helicobacter pylori, Helminths (Worms), Hepatitis A virus(HAV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Hepatitis Dvirus, Hepatitis E virus, Herpes simplex virus (HSV), Histoplasmacapsulatum, Human enterovirus 71, Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), Humanherpesvirus 7 (HHV-7), Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), Humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human metapneumovirus, Humanpapillomavirus (HPV), Influenza virus, Klebsiella granulomatis,Klebsiella oxytoca (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Klebsiella pneumoniae MDR (incl.ESBL/MRGN), Lassa virus, Leclercia adecarboxylata, Legionellapneumophila, Leishmania spp., Leptospira interrogans, Leuconostocpseudomesenteroides, Listeria monocytogenes, Marburg virus, Measlesvirus. Micrococcus luteus. Microsporum spp., Molluscipoxvirus,Morganella spp., Mumps virus, Mycobacterium chimaera Myco, Mycobacteriumleprae Myco, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (incl. MDR), Mycoplasmagenitalium, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseriagonorrhoeae, Norovirus, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Pantoea agglomerans,Parainfluenza virus, Parvovirus, Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculushumanus corporis, Plasmodium spp., Pneumocystis jiroveci, Poliovirus,Polyomavirus, Proteus mirabilis (incl. ESBL/MRGN), Proteus vulgaris,Providencia rettgeri, Providencia stuartii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Pseudomonas spp., Rabies virus, Ralstonia spp., Respiratory syncytialvirus (RSV), Rhinovirus, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia typhi,Roseomonas gilardii, Rotavirus, Rubella virus, Salmonella enteritidis,Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella spp., Salmonella typhimurium, Sarcoptesscabiei (Itch mite), Sapovirus, Serratia marcescens (incl. ESBL/MRGN),Shigella sonnei, Sphingomonas species, Staphylococcus aureus (incl.MRSA, VRSA), Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus epidermidis (incl.MRSE), Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus hominis.Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus,Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcuspyogenes (incl. PRSP), Streplococcus spp., TBE virus, Toxoplasma gondii,Treponema pallidum, Trichinella spiralis, Trichomonas vaginalis,Trichophyton spp., Trichosporon spp., Trypanosoma brucei gambiense,Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Vaccinia virus,Varicella zoster virus (VSV), Variola virus, Vibrio cholerae, West Nilevirus (WNV), Yellow fever virus, Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersiniapestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Zika virus, and the like.198. A method of treating a viral infection in a subject, the methodcomprising administering to the subject a therapeutically amount of anantibody of any one of clauses 1-71, or administering to the subject atherapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition of anyone of clauses 84-90; optionally, wherein the viral infection isselected from: Adenovirus, Arbovirus, Astrovirus, Chikungunya virus(CHIKV), Coronavirus (incl. SARS- and MERS-CoV), Crimean-Congohaemorrhagic fever virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Dengue virus, Ebolavirus, Echovirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV), Hantavirus, Hepatitis A virus (HAV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV),Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Hepatitis D virus, Hepatitis E virus, Herpessimplex virus (HSV), Human enterovirus 71, Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6),Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7), Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), Humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human metapneumovirus, Humanpapillomavirus (HPV), Influenza virus, Marburg virus, Measles virus,Mumps virus, Norovirus, Parainfluenza virus, Parvovirus. Poliovirus.Polyomavirus, Rabies virus, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),Rhinovirus, Rotavirus, Rubella virus, Sapovirus, TBE virus, Vacciniavirus, Varicella zoster virus (VSV), Variola virus, West Nile virus(WNV), Yellow fever virus, and Zika virus.199. An anti-CD96 antibody that competes with antibody Nk92.39 forbinding to an epitope of human CD96 and has a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸M or less; optionally, wherein the binding affinity to human CD96 ismeasured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD96polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4; optionally, wherein the antibody binds tohuman and/or cynomolgus monkey CD226 with a binding affinity of 50 nM to1 μM; optionally wherein the binding affinity to human and/or cynomolgusmonkey CD226 is measured by K_(D) to a hu-CD226 polypeptide of SEQ IDNO: 482 and/or a cy-CD226 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:483.200. The antibody of clause 99, wherein the antibody comprises:a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 13, asecond light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 14, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 15; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 41, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 42, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 43;a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 17, asecond light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 18, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 19; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 45, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 46, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 47;a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 21, asecond light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 22, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 23; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 49, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 50, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 51;a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 25, asecond light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 26, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 27; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 53, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 54, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 55;a first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 29, asecond light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 30, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 31; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 57, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 58, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 59; ora first light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1) of SEQ ID NO: 37, asecond light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2) of SEQ ID NO: 38, athird light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3) of SEQ ID NO: 39; and/ora first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1) of SEQ ID NO: 65, asecond heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2) of SEQ ID NO: 66, and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3) of SEQ ID NO: 67.201. The antibody of any one of clauses 99-100, wherein the antibodycomprises:

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 12; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 40;

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 16; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 44;

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 20; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 48;

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 24; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 52;

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 28; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 56;

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 36; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 64;

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to anamino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 69, 250-275, or 460-464; or

a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 70; and/or a heavy chain variabledomain (V_(H)) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 71.

202. The antibody of any one of clauses 99-101, wherein the antibodycomprises:

a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 440; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 447 or 484;

a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 441; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 448 or 485;a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 442; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 449 or 486;a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 443; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 450 or 487;a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 444; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 451 or 488;a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 446; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 453 or 490;a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 454; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 455-459, and491-495; ora light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 470; and/or a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 471 or 501.203. The antibody of any one of clauses 1-71 for use as a medicament;optionally, for use in the treatment of a cancer or a pathogenicinfection.

While the foregoing disclosure of the present invention has beendescribed in some detail by way of example and illustration for purposesof clarity and understanding, this disclosure including the examples,descriptions, and embodiments described herein are for illustrativepurposes, are intended to be exemplary, and should not be construed aslimiting the present disclosure. It will be clear to one skilled in theart that various modifications or changes to the examples, descriptions,and embodiments described herein can be made and are to be includedwithin the spirit and purview of this disclosure and the appendedclaims. Further, one of skill in the art will recognize a number ofequivalent methods and procedure to those described herein. All suchequivalents are to be understood to be within the scope of the presentdisclosure and are covered by the appended claims.

Additional embodiments of the invention are set forth in the followingclaims.

The disclosures of all publications, patent applications, patents, orother documents mentioned herein are expressly incorporated by referencein their entirety for all purposes to the same extent as if each suchindividual publication, patent, patent application or other documentwere individually specifically indicated to be incorporated by referenceherein in its entirety for all purposes and were set forth in itsentirety herein. In case of conflict, the present specification,including specified terms, will control.

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What is claimed is:
 1. A method of treating a CD96 mediated disease in asubject, the method comprising administering to the subject atherapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising an anti-CD96 antibody and a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody comprises: (i) a first lightchain hypervariable region (HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariableregion (HVR-L2), and a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3),and (ii) a first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a secondheavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H3); wherein: a) HVR-L1 is SEQ ID NO: 13,HVR-L2 is SEQ ID NO: 14, HVR-L3 is SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H1 is SEQ ID NO:41, HVR-H2 is SEQ ID NO: 42, and HVR-H3 is SEQ ID NO: 43; b) HVR-L1 isSEQ ID NO: 13, HVR-L2 is SEQ ID NO: 14, HVR-L3 is SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H1is SEQ ID NO: 95, HVR-H2 is SEQ ID NO: 42, and HVR-H3 is SEQ ID NO: 43;c) HVR-L1 is SEQ ID NO: 13, HVR-L2 is SEQ ID NO: 14, HVR-L3 is SEQ IDNO: 15, HVR-H1 is SEQ ID NO: 41, HVR-H2 is SEQ ID NO: 112, and HVR-H3 isSEQ ID NO: 43; d) HVR-L1 is SEQ ID NO: 13, HVR-L2 is SEQ ID NO: 14,HVR-L3 is SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H1 is SEQ ID NO: 41, HVR-H2 is SEQ ID NO:42, and HVR-H3 is SEQ ID NO: 221; e) HVR-L1 is SEQ ID NO: 37, HVR-L2 isSEQ ID NO: 38, HVR-L3 is SEQ ID NO: 39, HVR-H1 is SEQ ID NO: 65, HVR-H2is SEQ ID NO: 66, and HVR-H3 is SEQ ID NO: 67; or f) HVR-L1 is SEQ IDNO: 13, HVR-L2 is SEQ ID NO: 14, HVR-L3 is SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H1 is SEQID NO: 95, HVR-H2 is SEQ ID NO: 112, and HVR-H3 is SEQ ID NO:
 221. 2.The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody comprises a lightchain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 68, and a heavy chain variable domain (VH) aminoacid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:
 272. 3. Themethod of claim 2, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody comprises: the lightchain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68, and theheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 272.4. The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody comprises alight chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 454, and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least90% identity to SEQ ID NO:
 492. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein theanti-CD96 antibody comprises: the light chain (LC) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 454, and the heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:
 492. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody ischaracterized by at least one of the following properties: a) binds tohuman CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less; b) binds tocynomolgus monkey CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸M or less; c)binds to human CD96 isoform 1 expressed on a cell with an antibody EC₅₀concentration of 5 nM or less; d) binds to human CD96 isoform 2expressed on a cell with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less;e) binds to cynomolgus monkey PBMCs with an antibody EC₅₀ concentrationof 5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less; f) decreases bindingof human CD155 to human CD96 expressed on CHO cells by at least 90%; g)increases IFNγ secretion from human PBMCs by at least 1.8-fold; h)increases IL-2 secretion from human PBMCs by at least 1.8-fold; i) bindsto human and/or cynomolgus monkey CD226 expressed on cells; j) binds tohuman CD226 with a binding affinity of 1 μM or less, 900 nM or less, 800nM or less, 700 nM or less, from 1 μM to 50 nM, or from 800 nM to 200nM; optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD226 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:482; and k) binds to cynomolgus monkey CD226 with a binding affinity of1 μM or less, 800 nM or less.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein theanti-CD96 antibody binds to human CD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less andwherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociationconstant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD96 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 4. 8. The methodof claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody binds to cynomolgus monkeyCD96 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less,1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less and wherein the binding affinityis measured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a cy-CD96polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 7. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein whereinthe anti-CD96 antibody binds to human CD96 isoform 1 expressed on a cellwith an anti-CD96 antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5 nM or less, 1 nM orless, or 0.1 nM or less and wherein the cell is a HEK293T cell.
 10. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody binds to human CD96isoform 2 expressed on a cell with an antibody EC₅₀ concentration of 5nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less and wherein the cell is aCHO cell.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibodydecreases binding of human CD155 to human CD96 expressed on CHO cells byat least 90%, at least 95%, at least 99%, or 100% and wherein at a humanCD155 concentration of 10 nM the anti-CD96 antibody has an IC₅₀ of 5 nMor less, 1 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.
 12. The method of claim 1,wherein the anti-CD96 antibody increases IFNγ secretion from human PBMCsby at least 1.8-fold, at least 1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least2.1-fold, or at least 2.20-fold and wherein the anti-CD96 antibody hasan EC50 concentration of 0.3 nM or less, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM orless.
 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibodyincreases IL-2 secretion from human PBMCs by at least 1.8-fold, at least1.9-fold, at least 2-fold, at least 2.1-fold, or at least 2.20-fold andwherein the anti-CD96 antibody has an EC₅₀ concentration of 0.3 nM orless, 0.2 nM or less, or 0.1 nM or less.
 14. The method of claim 1,wherein the anti-CD96 antibody binds to human or cynomolgus monkey CD226expressed on HEK293 cells, with an anti-CD96 antibody EC₅₀ concentrationof 500 nM or less, 300 nM or less, 250 nM or less, 200 nM or less, 150nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 50 nM or less.
 15. The method of claim 1,wherein the anti-CD96 antibody binds to human CD226 with a bindingaffinity of 1 μM or less, 900 nM or less, 800 nM or less, 700 nM orless, from 1 μM to 50 nM, or from 800 nM to 200 nM; and wherein thebinding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(D)) to a hu-CD226 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 482. 16. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the anti-CD96 antibody binds to cynomolgus monkey CD226with a binding affinity of 1 μM or less, 800 nM or less, 500 nM or less,300 nM or less, 100 nM or less, from 1 μM to 50 nM, from 500 nM to 60nM, or from 300 nM to 70 nM; and wherein the binding affinity ismeasured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a cyCD226polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 483. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein theanti-CD96 antibody specifically binds to one or more amino acid residueswithin domain 1 of hu-CD96, wherein domain 1 comprises the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the CD96mediated disease is a viral infection or cancer.
 19. The method of claim18, wherein the viral infection is selected from is selected from thegroup consisting of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein Barr Virus (EBV),Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), HumanPapilloma Virus (HPV), and Varicella Zoster Virus (VSV).
 20. The methodof claim 18, wherein the cancer is selected from the group consisting ofadrenal gland cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer,cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, EGJ adenocarcinoma, esophagealcancer, gall bladder cancer, gastric cancer, head and neck cancer, heartcancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, melanoma,mesothelioma, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreaticcancer, prostate cancer, spleen cancer, small cell lung cancer,testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, and uterine cancer. In someembodiments, the cancer is selected from lung cancer, skin cancer (e.g.,melanoma), pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer, prostate cancer,colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, and bladder cancer.
 21. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the composition comprises a therapeutically effectiveamount of the anti-CD96 antibody.
 22. The method of claim 1, wherein thepharmaceutical composition further comprises a chemotherapeutic agent ora second antibody comprising a specificity for an immune checkpointmolecule.
 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the immune checkpointmolecule is selected from the group consisting of: PD1, TIGIT, LAG3,PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR,4-1BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A,TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R1, CD73, CD83, CD39,TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA.
 24. The method of claim 1, wherein theanti-CD96 antibody is the sole active agent of the composition.